English Language Lexis AO1 3.5 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? English LanguageEnglish Language TerminologyA2/A-levelAQA Created by: ChloeG1998Created on: 10-05-16 15:51 Jargon Field specific lexis 1 of 23 Slang Non standard English 2 of 23 Colloquialism Informal everyday language, e.g. cuppa tea 3 of 23 Dialect words a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group 4 of 23 Sociolect Language only used by a specific social group 5 of 23 Taboo language Words people feel uncomfortable using, e.g. swear words 6 of 23 Archaism Old fashioned language 7 of 23 Acronym A word formed from the initial letters of other words, e.g. NASA 8 of 23 Initialism Initials pronounced as words, e.g. BBC 9 of 23 Borrowings Words borrowed from another country, e.g. 'Karaoke' (Japanese) 10 of 23 Compound Combing two or more existing whole words together, e.g. 'football' 11 of 23 Blend Taking two or more small parts of words and meshing them together, e.g. 'brunch' 12 of 23 Pun Play on words 13 of 23 Oxymoron Contradiction, e.g. 'dark light' 14 of 23 Collocation Parts of words which appear together 15 of 23 Hypernym Main word with related words underneath 16 of 23 Hyponym Words around hypernym 17 of 23 Affixation Adding prefixes or suffixes to existing words 18 of 23 Conversions Where a word is modified from one word class to another 19 of 23 Back Formation A type of shortening where a word of one type (usually a noun) is changed into another (usually a verb) 20 of 23 Coinage Brand new word, not derived from any other 21 of 23 Clipping Process of reducing a word of more than one syllable to a shorter form, e.g 'ad' from advertisement 22 of 23 Eponym A proper noun which becomes a word in its own right, often due to a connection to an individual or place 23 of 23
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