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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:12 am    Post subject: Linguistic/ TEFL terminology Reply with quote
What are your favourite terms? (must give definition). This is good practice for anyone doing a CELTA/ DELTA etc....

I'll start. I like

HYPONYMY - the semantic relation between a more specific word and a more general word. Dog is a hyponym of animal, because all dogs are also animals, but not vice versa. Hyponymy is the converse of hyperonymy.
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