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Abeka Grammar Grade 12 27-40

Terms in this set (27)

specialized dictionary
What dictionary deals with a particular aspect of language?
general dictionary
What dictionary gives a wide range of information about words?
unabridged dictionary
What dictionary is one that is not cut down from a larger work?
entry word
What is the word or phrase to be defined?
breve
What mark indicates a short vowel sound?
macron
What mark indicates a long vowel sound?
dieresis
What mark indicates a broad vowel sound?
schwa
What mark indicates unaccented vowel sound?
Past tense, past participle, present participle
The order of principle parts of verbs
Field, geographical, time, and usage
Restrictive labels
Small capitals or boldface type
Cross reference are referred with...
Idioms
What is an expression whose meaning cannot be derived from the individual words in the expression?
etymologies
What gives the origin and history of the word?
Run-on entries
What are words formed from the entry word by the addition of a suffix?
Standard formal
The most polished form of written English
Standard informal
The language of everyday speech
colloquial
Another word for Standard informal
Nonstandard
Careless speech or writing that makes an individual appear uneducated
substandard
Another word for Nonstandard
Slang
A language consists of coined words and standard words used to mean something other than their standard definitions
illiteracies
Grammatical errors, misspellings, mispronunciations, and other substandard usages
Obsolete words
They have completely passed out of current usage
Archaic words
Outdated forms used only rarely in modern English
Poetic words
Words that are still occasionally used in poetry but should not be used in prose
denotations
The strict dictionary definitions
connotations
The feelings and images that the word suggests
gobbledygook
The language of officialdom
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