Semantics and Lexicon

KEYTERMS

1. A set of key terms for the study of semantics and lexicon.

EUPHEMISMS

2. An exercise that asks you to create as many euphemisms as you can for several terms.

GETTING TO KNOW THE OED

3. Exercises designed to familiarize you with the features of the Oxford English Dictionary, using the online third edition of the OED.

SEMANTIC CHANGE I 4. These exercises in pdf format introduce you to metonymy, synecdoche, and other semantic changes. Bring the completed exercise to section.
SEMANTIC CHANGE II 5. The link below takes you offsite to an exercise given in the format of a short quiz (it doesn't count as a quiz)

KENNING

6. From Old English "whale-road" to a music lover's "ear worm," the kenning is an ancient rhetorical device that is still flourishing today. This exercise asks you to identify kennings from a list and then come up with a few additional ones.