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Tautology
Something that is always true in any situation
Generonym
Refers to a brand name used for a category
Metonym
Property associated with it (derogation)

-(eg: All hands on deck: hands refer to people)
Hypernym
General category a thing or animal falls into (elevation)

-(eg: cat(hyponym)-----> animal (hypernym))
Grinding
Turning a count noun into a mass noun
Packaging
Turning a mass noun into a count noun
Dexsis
Words that cannot be understood without additional context
Indexicals
Reference can shift from context to context
Morpheme
Smallest grammatical unit of language
Phonesthesia
Sound symbolism
Phonesthemes
Particular sound sequence that suggests a certain meaning
Onomatopoeia
the naming of a thing or action through a vocal imitation