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Flashcards by libbystraw1, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by libbystraw1
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| Question | Answer |
| What is borrowing? Give examples | Words imported from other languages usually related to a countries culture. Often these words have been adopted as a result of trade or the british empire e.g. Spaghetti, yoghurt, kindergarten |
| What is compounding? Give examples | Compounds are coinages formed by putting 2 or more words together. Technology has increased the number of compound words e.g. spreadsheet, fingerprint, secondhand |
| What is affixation? Give examples | Taking a root word, and adding either a prefix or suffix. They can be bound or free. e.g. bound morpheme suffix = facer free morpheme suffix = facelift bound morpheme prefix = interface free morpheme prefix = fatface |
| What is an acronym? Give examples | Used to denote lexemes made from initial letters of the constituent words, however, it is pronounced as a word e.g. Radar, NATO, scuba |
| What is initialism? Give examples | Used to denote lexemes made from initial letters of the constituent words, but each letter is pronounced separately e.g. GCSE, HTML, BBC |
| What are the 4 forms of clipping? Give examples | Back clipping (loses the end) = advert(isment) Fore-clipping (loses the beginning) = (tele)phone middle clipping = (in)flu(enza) Complex clipping (each part of a compound is clipped) sci(ence)-fi(ction) |
| What is a blend? Give examples | Formed by taking parts of words and blending them into one e.g. smog, motel, brunch |
| What is an eponym? Give examples | An eponym is a personal name or title that becomes a common noun. This often happens with brands e.g. Sellotape |
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