language change 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LanguageA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Holly BuckleyCreated on: 27-05-13 13:48 ACRONYM the first letter of a name are adopted as a new word 1 of 17 AMELIORATION change in meaning from a less pleasant to a more pleasant one 2 of 17 ARCHAIC word or expression once in common usage which are still used, but rarely as they are considered 'old fashioned' 3 of 17 BLEND two words which join to create a new word, but in the process one or both lose part of themselves 4 of 17 BORROWINGS a word taken from another language which goes into common use 5 of 17 BROADENING a word includes a wider group of objects than originally 6 of 17 CLIPPING when a word is shortened 7 of 17 COINAGE the deliberate creation of a word or a new sense of a word 8 of 17 COMPOUND the joining of two words to make a new meaning 9 of 17 CONNOTATION the associations or feelings that go with a word 10 of 17 CONVERSION where a word crosses from one class to another without otherwise changung 11 of 17 DERIVATION adding affixes to words to create new ones 12 of 17 ELISION a process of phonological change where a sound is 'squeezed out' as the word is changed 13 of 17 STANDARDISATION a process of moving towards a generally accepted standard, or common methods, for deploying one's language publicly 14 of 17 OBSOLETE a word which is no longer used at all 15 of 17 NARROWING a word becomes more specific in meaning (opposite to broadening) 16 of 17 PEJORATION a word moves from a pleasant to an unpleasant meaning (opposite to amelioration) 17 of 17
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