English Language Change

Created by: Kate Barlow
Created on: 28-04-13 15:19

Name the process where two morphemes are merged together to create one whole morpheme.

Blending

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Name the process where two separate morphemes are joined to create one whole morpheme, creating nouns such as 'Facebook' and 'postman.'

Compounding

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Name the process where a suffix or a prefix is added onto a word, constructing nouns such as 'hyperinflation' or 'radicalisation.'

Affixation

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Name the process where the initials of a phrase are used to create a new word but where the initials are pronounced letter by letter, forming words such as 'STI' and 'OTT'

Initialisation

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Name the process where the prefix or suffix is removed from a word eg. Baby-sitter = baby-sit or hypertension = tension

Back Formation

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Name the process where a word is shortened for ease of articulation.

Clipping

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What is the name for a neologism which is named after the inventor which created the object which the neologism describes?

Eponym

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What is the name of the process where a word changes its word class?

Conversion

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Time for semantic change! What is the name of the process where a word gains a positive connotation?

Amelioration

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Name the process where a word gains more meaning. Eg. 'Dog' used to refer to a specific breed of dog but now it refers to all dogs in general.

Broadening

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Name the process where a word gains a negative connotation.

Pejoration

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What is the name of the process where a word has less meaning? Eg. 'Meat' used to refer to all kinds of food but now it refers specifically to fleshy protein.

Narrowing

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Name the process where a word has less strength behind its meaning. Eg. 'Soon' used to mean immediately but now it means in the near future....

Weakening

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What is the name for a word or phrase which is used to describe something in a more polite/pleasant/politically correct manner?

Euphemism

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What is the name for a commonly used, colloquial phrase which is not necessarily literal in meaning?

Idiom

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Front

Name the process where two separate morphemes are joined to create one whole morpheme, creating nouns such as 'Facebook' and 'postman.'

Back

Compounding

Card 3

Front

Name the process where a suffix or a prefix is added onto a word, constructing nouns such as 'hyperinflation' or 'radicalisation.'

Back

Card 4

Front

Name the process where the initials of a phrase are used to create a new word but where the initials are pronounced letter by letter, forming words such as 'STI' and 'OTT'

Back

Card 5

Front

Name the process where the prefix or suffix is removed from a word eg. Baby-sitter = baby-sit or hypertension = tension

Back

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