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IDIOM & SYMBOL REFERENCE

a.      Idiom

What is idiom? Idiom comes from the Greek idios, which means personal. Idiom originally meant "speech peculiar or proper to a people or country." In linguistic, idiom is the meaning that you are expected to understand is different from what the words should mean. We need idioms because they were coined to communicate a specific and usually quite precise meaning for which there is no exact word.  Idioms are a type of figurative language that plugs the gaps in our vocabulary.

SIMILE

What is simile? Simile is a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, the word simile means “like” or “as”. Therefore, it is a direct comparison. Why we used simile ?

PROVERB & METONYMY

A.    PROVERB     
 

 

HOMONYM

         

      

        

        What is homonym? Homonym is a word from the Greek namely Homos and Onuma. Homos mean “same” and Onuma mean “name”. So, homonym can be defined as a word has the same name for thing or other object.  There are some definitions of homonym by expert.

POLYSEMY

What is polysemy ? Polysemy is the existence of several meanings for a single word or phrase. In other words it is the capacity for a word, phrase, or sign to have multiple meanings i.e., a large semantic field. Polysemy is a pivotal concept within the humanities, such as media studies and linguistics. Definition polysemy according by :

HYPERBOLE

       What is hyperbole? Hyperbole is a figurative language technique where exaggeration is used to create a strong effect.  With hyperbole, the notion of the speaker is greatly exaggerated to emphasize the point.  The word “hyperbole” is actually composed of two root words: “hyper” which means “over,” and “bole” which means “to throw.” So, etymologically, “hyperbole” translates roughly to “over throw” or “to throw over.”  True to its origins, hyperbole or language that is hyperbolic overstates a point or goes a bit too far.

COLLOCATION

              What is Collocation? Collocation is a word or phrase that is often used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to people who have spoken the language all their lives, but might not be expected from the meaning.

SYNONYM, ANTONYM, AND HYPONYM

A.    Synonym

What is synonym? Synonym is words that share meanings with other words. There are many reasons why synonyms are great namely:

1.       They make it possible for writers to create a mood with the nuances of their vocabularies.

2.       They give writers more rhythmic tools.

METAPHOR, SIMILE, AND SYMBOL

1.      Metaphor

What is metaphor? Metaphor is a figure of speech in which two unlike objects are compared by identification or by the substitution of one for the other. It is does not used “like” or “as”.

Ambiguity

            What is ambiguity? Ambiguity is a word, phrase, or sentence that has doubtfulness of meaning and makes people understood in two or more sense. Ambiguity is important and it is worth examining what the phenomenon is and how it differs and relates to similar phenomena.

Denotation, Connotation, and Implication

 

a.      Denotation

What is denotation? Denotation is dictionary meaning of the word. Another way to think of it is as the associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal experience.

EUPHEMISM

            What is euphemism? Euphemism is a mild word or pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive.  For example, rest room for toilet, lady of the evening for prostitute.