Lexical Change
- Created by: sally_p
- Created on: 18-02-19 15:43
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- Lexical Change
- invasions etc. lead to new words
- borrowings from other countries
- or old words are adopted
- Sharon Goodman
- many meanings of x
- 3 layers of English
- pure Latin
- French Latinate
- Anglo Saxon
- blends vs compounds
- acronyms vs initialisms
- Harvey + Shalom
- dysphemistic
- euphemistic
- technical
- eponyms + proprietary nouns
- conversion + clipping + back formation
- prefixation vs suffixation
- Sharon Goodman
- increasing informalisation
- inventions require new words
- scientific developments
- media
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