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  • Created on: 06-05-16 08:11
'bungalow', 'barbecue' and 'robot' are examples of what?
Borrowing
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When you drop one or more syllables to create an abbreviation.
Clipping
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When a word is no longer used, it becomes?
Archaic
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What is it when a word develops a more positive meaning?
Amelioration
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What is it when a word develops a more negative meaning?
Pejoration
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can't, would've and she'll are examples of what?
Contractions
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Between 1400 and 1600, what was the most significant shift in pronunciation?
The Great Vowel Shift
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What did William Caxton establish?
The Printing Press
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what was established in 1755?
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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When you drop one or more syllables to create an abbreviation.

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Clipping

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When a word is no longer used, it becomes?

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What is it when a word develops a more positive meaning?

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What is it when a word develops a more negative meaning?

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