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Which word means "A word blending sounds and meanings of two others"?
Answer: portmanteau word
Which word means "The arrangement of words to create well-formed sentences"?
Answer: syntax
Which word means "The smallest meaningful unit of a language"?
Answer: morpheme
Which word means "The branch of linguistics concerned with meaning"?
Answer: semantics
Which word means "The vocabulary of a language or subject; a dictionary"?
Answer: lexicon
Which word means "A variant pronunciation of a phoneme that doesn't change meaning"?
Answer: allophone
Which word means "A basic unit of meaning; a word forming a dictionary entry"?
Answer: lexeme
Which word means "The smallest unit of sound distinguishing one word from another"?
Answer: phoneme
portmanteau word
A word blending sounds and meanings of two others
syntax
The arrangement of words to create well-formed sentences
morpheme
The smallest meaningful unit of a language
semantics
The branch of linguistics concerned with meaning
lexicon
The vocabulary of a language or subject; a dictionary
allophone
A variant pronunciation of a phoneme that doesn't change meaning
lexeme
A basic unit of meaning; a word forming a dictionary entry
phoneme
The smallest unit of sound distinguishing one word from another
hypernym
A word with broad meaning encompassing more specific words
neologism
A newly coined word or expression
hyponym
A word with more specific meaning than a general term
prolixity
Excessive wordiness; using too many words
rhetoric
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
intertextuality
The relationship between texts where one references another
imbrication
An overlapping pattern; the layering of connected ideas
apposition
Placing two elements side by side as grammatical equivalents
anaphora
Repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses
polysemy
The coexistence of many possible meanings for a word
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Master C2-level vocabulary related to word structure & rhetoric. Highly precise, academic mastery. Includes 18 multiple choice questions. 18 vocabulary...
Which word means "A word blending sounds and meanings of two others"?
Which word means "The arrangement of words to create well-formed sentences"?
Which word means "The smallest meaningful unit of a language"?
Which word means "The branch of linguistics concerned with meaning"?
Which word means "The vocabulary of a language or subject; a dictionary"?
Which word means "A variant pronunciation of a phoneme that doesn't change meaning"?
Which word means "A basic unit of meaning; a word forming a dictionary entry"?
Which word means "The smallest unit of sound distinguishing one word from another"?
Which word means "A word with broad meaning encompassing more specific words"?
Which word means "A newly coined word or expression"?
Which word means "A word with more specific meaning than a general term"?
Which word means "Excessive wordiness; using too many words"?
Which word means "The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing"?
Which word means "The relationship between texts where one references another"?
Which word means "An overlapping pattern; the layering of connected ideas"?
Which word means "Placing two elements side by side as grammatical equivalents"?
Which word means "Repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses"?
Which word means "The coexistence of many possible meanings for a word"?
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