Lexical Change 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage ChangeA2/A-levelAQA Created by: paige-muirCreated on: 31-01-20 06:22 Coinage Creation of new words 1 of 12 Neologisms The new word itself 2 of 12 Borrowing Using words from other Languages 3 of 12 Scientific Progress Advances in medicine, science and technology caused many new words and phrases. 4 of 12 Affixation Adding a new prefix or suffix to an existing word 5 of 12 Compounding New words are created by combining two separated words to create one word. 6 of 12 Blending Two separate words are merged together. 7 of 12 Conversion Changing a word from one-words class to another 8 of 12 Eponym Some words come from names of people and places 9 of 12 Clipping Dropping of syllables e.g. demo 10 of 12 Initialism The first letter of each word is used to stand for the word e.g. FBI 11 of 12 Acronyms When the initials make a word e.g. UCAS 12 of 12
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