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1
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What is foreign borrowing

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Borrowing words from other languages

2
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3 examples of foreign borrowing

A

Sushi, mall, pizza

3
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What is lexical attrition

A

Words falling out of everyday use

4
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3 examples of lexical attrition

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Vinyl, floppy disk, main frame

5
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What is derivation

A

Suffixes and/or prefixes are added to existing words

6
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3 examples of derivation

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Hyperactive, supersonic, minibar

7
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What is conversion

A

A word shifts from one word class to another

8
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3 examples of conversion

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to head the ball, to elbow something, to bottle something

9
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What is backformation

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A word that is formed from an existing word, typically by removal of a suffix

10
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3 examples of backformation

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televise (television), baby- sit (babysitter), sleaze (sleazy)

11
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What is blending

A

Parts of words are joined together to form a new word

12
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2 examples of blending

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Video log- vlog, fog & smoke- smog

13
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What is compounding

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Whole words combined to form new words

14
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3 examples of compounding

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sunburn, fingerprint, laptop

15
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What is clipping

A

Words are shortened and the shortened version becomes the norm

16
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3 examples of clipping

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electronic mail- email, echo bay- eBay

17
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What is abbreviation

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Longer words are shortened, creating an informal tone

18
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3 examples of abbreviation

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public house- pub, celebrity- celeb

19
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What is acronym

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First letters are taken from a series of words to create a new word that can pluralised

20
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An example of an acronym

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W.A.G.S- wives and girlfriends,

21
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What is initialism

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First letters are taken from a series of words, but each letter is pronounced

22
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3 examples of initialism

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D.N.A, S.M.S, D.K.N.Y

23
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What is slang

A

Informal language used by a particular social group

24
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4 examples of slang

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peng, lit, creps, fam

25
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What are PC (politically correct) terms

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Less derogatory terms used to avoid offence and/or discrimination

26
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2 examples of PC terms

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firefighter (fireman), disabled (cripple)

27
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What did John Algeo find in his research (1990)

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That the majority of new words were formed through derivation and compounding