Language Change: lexical change 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageA2/A-levelAQA Created by: ECCreated on: 11-04-13 14:34 using words from other languages borrowing 1 of 14 medicine, science & technology influence. e.g. 'fertilisation' scientific progress 2 of 14 new prefixes or suffixes added to existing words. e.g. 'hyperactive' affixation 3 of 14 combining 2 seperate words to make 1 word compounding 4 of 14 two seperate words merged together blending 5 of 14 an existing word changes class conversion 6 of 14 dropping one or more syllables to create an abbreviation clipping 7 of 14 the first letter of a word stands for itself. e.g. FBI initialism 8 of 14 initial letters of words combine to make a new word acronyms 9 of 14 suffix has been removed to make a new term. e.g. babysit back-formation 10 of 14 words derived from people's names eponyms 11 of 14 words that have become obsolete (no longer used) archaisms 12 of 14 creation of new words coinage 13 of 14 new words neologisms 14 of 14
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