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6. 'Unpleasant words being given pleasant alternatives' explains what language term?

  • Compounding
  • Euphemism
  • Polysemy
  • Pejoration

7. Which of these words/phrases is an example of a blend?

  • Words which have been shortened such as "pram", "bus" and "phone"
  • A combination of old words, forming new ones such as "emoticon" and "flare"
  • Words with a decrease in impact such as "soon" which used to mean immediately
  • A combination of old words, forming new ones such as "quicksand" and "passport"

8. What is an Eponym?

  • When the first letters from each word in a phrase are combined to create a new term
  • When a persons name becomes a noun used for an object created by that person
  • When the meaning of a word becomes more positive
  • When a new word is made through an old one by combining and abbreviating other words

9. What is a Narrowing?

  • When a word shifts from one word class to another
  • When the meaning of a word becomes more specific
  • When two words are combined to form a new one
  • When the meaning of a word loses its impact

10. Which of these words/phrases is an example of Borrowing?

  • Modern words such as "widget", "hobbit" and "spoof"
  • Words which have been shortened such as "pram", "bus" or "phone"
  • Words such as "Bungalow", "futon" and "saga"
  • Abstract words such as "grasp" and "high"

11. 'The creation of a new word or phrase which everybody begins to use' explains what term?

  • Amillioration
  • Coinage
  • Weakening
  • Clipping

12. 'When the meaning of a word becomes more positive over time' is an example of what language term?

  • Amelioration
  • Clipping
  • Broadening
  • Eponym

13. 'The combination of free and bound Morphemes' is an explanation for what term?

  • Affixation
  • Acronym
  • Back Formation
  • Compounding

14. What is a Conversion?

  • When an abstract meaning is added to a word
  • When the meaning of a word loses its force/impact
  • When a word shifts from one word class to another
  • When a shortened word becomes the norm

15. Which of these words/phrases is an example of Broadening?

  • The word "Villain" changing its meaning away from "A farm worker"
  • Verbs such as "text", "google" and "network"
  • The creation of "holiday" from the phrase "holy day"
  • The word "pretty" changing its meaning away from "sly"

16. What is a weakening?

  • When the meaning of a word becomes more specific
  • When the meaning of a word loses its force/impact
  • When the meaning of a word becomes more negative
  • The combination of free and bound morphemes

17. 'The shortening of a word which then becomes the norm' explains which language term?

  • Back formation
  • Conversion
  • Clipping
  • Blending

18. 'Words combined to form a new one' explains which language term?

  • Compounding
  • Weakening
  • Broadening
  • Blending

19. What is a polysemy?

  • When the first letters from each word in a phrase are combined to create a new term
  • When word meanings become more negative
  • When words with multiple meanings are able to coexist
  • Taking words from other languages