Language change Lexical Terms 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageInvestigating languageA2/A-levelAQA Created by: JriggCreated on: 23-05-16 09:33 Coinage New words are invented such as the word 'internet' 1 of 18 Etymology Where the words come from 2 of 18 Morphology Meaning of a unit or word 3 of 18 Morpheme Words ending in 'ed' 4 of 18 Free morphemes Words by itself 'Walk' 5 of 18 Borrowing The introduction of a word from one language to another, these could be anglised or remain similar to the orginal in spelling and pronouncation 6 of 18 Eponym The name of a person after whom something is named after 'Braille' 7 of 18 Propriety names The name given to a product by an organisation becomes the commonly used name for the product such as 'hoover' 8 of 18 Covert prestidge Change your language 9 of 18 Overt prestidge Diverging away 10 of 18 Acroym A lexicalised word which is made up from the initial letters of a phase 'SWATT' 11 of 18 Initialism A word made from inital letters which are each pronounced 'DNA' 12 of 18 Clipping A new word produced by shortening an existing one such as edie for editior 13 of 18 Prefixes Morphemes adding to the front of a word 'unhappy' 14 of 18 Suffixes Morphemes added to the end 'Jumping' 15 of 18 Absolute Words not used anymore, new words come into place, the usage has chnaged or the context 16 of 18 Blends 2 words come together and maintain the same meanings 'dishwaser' 17 of 18 Archaic Words which are no longer used 'thou' 18 of 18
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