Degradation is a transfer of the meaning when it becomes worse in the course of time. It is usually connected with nouns that denote common people, e. g. originally villain meant on a now it means “working villa” “a scoundrel”. Hyperbole and Litote Hyperbole is a transfer of the meaning when the speaker uses exaggeration, e. g. (doing something), (not to hate to see somebody) Hyperbole is often used to form for ages. phraseological units, e. g. to make a mountain out of a molehill, etc. Litote is a transfer of the meaning when the to split hairs, speaker expresses affirmative with the negative or vica versa, e. g. etc. not bad, no coward, Semantic Groups of Words Synonyms Synonyms are words different in their outer aspects, but identical or similar in their inner aspects. In other words synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek and syn (σύν) onoma (“with”) (νομα) (“name”). Examples of synonyms are the words and begin commence. Likewise, if we talk about or a long time an extended time, and become synonyms. long extended Synonyms can be of any part of speech (such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs or prepositions), as long as both words are the same part of speech. Here are more examples of English synonyms: verb – and buy purchase adjective – and big large adverb –
Degradation is a transfer of the meaning when it becomes worse in the course of time. It is usually connected with nouns that denote common people, e. g. villain originally meant “working on a villa” now it means “a scoundrel”. Hyperbole and Litote Hyperbole is a transfer of the meaning when the speaker uses exaggeration, e. g. to hate (doing something), (not to see somebody) for ages. Hyperbole is often used to form phraseological units, e. g. to make a mountain out of a molehill, to split hairs, etc. Litote is a transfer of the meaning when the speaker expresses affirmative with the negative or vica versa, e. g. not bad, no coward, etc. Semantic Groups of Words Synonyms Synonyms are words different in their outer aspects, but identical or similar in their inner aspects. In other words synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn (σύν) (“with”) and onoma (νομα) (“name”). Examples of synonyms are the words begin and commence. Likewise, if we talk about a long time or an extended time, long and extended become synonyms. Synonyms can be of any part of speech (such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs or prepositions), as long as both words are the same part of speech. Here are more examples of English synonyms: – verb buy and purchase – adjective big and large – adverb