English Prof Flashcards
Process of science and technology. Borrowing from other language.
Loan words
mixed up from other language
CREOLE
Loan words pass into English vocab via wars, invasion , conquest
HISTORICAL
Poetry needs creation.
CULTURAL
Culture and thereupon absorb words in more economically and politically weak situation.
SOCIAL
to avoid loan words.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
2 words , one new word
Compounding
Root, stem is repeated
Reduplication
Affix is added
Affixation
new word without any external change
Conversion
formation by changing form or adding affixes
derivation
REMOVAL OF AFFIX
Back formation
shortening of longer word
clipping
combining words into one by blended or overlapping
Blending
first letter, ACRONYM
Initialism
Invention of totally new words
Coinage
wishy washy, pitter-patter, hanky panky
reduplication
greenhouse, birdcage, tooltip, doorknob
compounding
befriend, unhappy
affixation
conversion
unhappy, dislike, rewrite
derivation
resurrect, typewrite, asset, edit
back formation
phone, plane, ad, exam
clipping
camcorder, motorcade, brunch, motel
blending
Dna, USA, DOH
initialism
Aspirin, klennex, nylon, zipper
coinage
Name
noun
generic, non captalized
common noun
specific , capitalized
proper noun
cant see
abstract
can see, feel, touch
concrete
groups
collective
can be counted
count nouns
cannot be counted
non count
king/ queen
Gender- specific
replace noun
pronoun
action
Verb
modifies noun or verb
Adverb
Goodluck
gegegegge
describe word or noun NOSASCOMP
Adjective
FANBOYS, either/or, neither nor
conjunction
Place, in , on , underneath
Preposition
YES!!!!!!
Interjection
placed in front of noun
Determiner
the borrowing is not equal
Asymmetry
people with little to even no knowledge came to understand it
complexity
by combining latin and greek affixes
Creativity
zero substitution, substitution , partial substitution
Flexibility