15. Expanding Lexicon Flashcards
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1
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Borrowings from which languages happened and approximately how many?
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A lot of them from French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Portuguese, and from the language of 50+ countries.
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In what ways were words formed?
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By prefixes, suffixes and compounding. Some words even moved to another part of speech: to invite (verb) > an invite (noun).
3
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Who greatly influenced the modern idioms English has today?
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Shakespeare with his creativity.
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What kind of lexicon did Shakespeare use in his works? What about diction?
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He used formal Latinate diction, lexicon of Latin and English.
