Language Change KEY TERMS 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage ChangeA2/A-levelOCR Created by: brh152426Created on: 04-10-18 11:10 Neologism New word or expression 1 of 14 Coinage The invention of a new word or phrase 2 of 14 Borrowing A word from one langauge is adapted for use in another 3 of 14 Eponym A person whom a discovery, invention, place etc. is named after. A name or noun formed after a person 4 of 14 Proprietary Names Brands that become common nouns 5 of 14 Acronym An abbrivation that uses the first letter of a group of words and pronounced as a single word 6 of 14 Initialism An abbriviation that uses the first letter of a group of words and is pronounced as individual letters 7 of 14 Clipping A new word by shortening an existing one 8 of 14 Affixiation Adding prefixes and suffixes 9 of 14 Conversion A kind of word formation involving the creation of a word from an existing word 10 of 14 Compounds A compound is a word composed of more than one free morpheme 11 of 14 Back Formation It may change the word class or word meaning 12 of 14 Blends Two words merged together 13 of 14 Drift The process of lingiusic change over a period of time 14 of 14
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