English Prof Flashcards

1
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Process of science and technology. Borrowing from other language.

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Loan words

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2
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mixed up from other language

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CREOLE

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2
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Loan words pass into English vocab via wars, invasion , conquest

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HISTORICAL

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3
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Poetry needs creation.

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CULTURAL

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3
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Culture and thereupon absorb words in more economically and politically weak situation.

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SOCIAL

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4
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to avoid loan words.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL

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5
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2 words , one new word

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Compounding

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6
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Root, stem is repeated

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Reduplication

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6
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Affix is added

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Affixation

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6
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new word without any external change

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Conversion

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7
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formation by changing form or adding affixes

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derivation

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7
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REMOVAL OF AFFIX

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Back formation

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8
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shortening of longer word

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clipping

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9
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combining words into one by blended or overlapping

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Blending

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10
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first letter, ACRONYM

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Initialism

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11
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Invention of totally new words

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Coinage

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12
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wishy washy, pitter-patter, hanky panky

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reduplication

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13
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greenhouse, birdcage, tooltip, doorknob

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compounding

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14
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befriend, unhappy

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affixation

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15
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email

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conversion

16
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unhappy, dislike, rewrite

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derivation

17
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resurrect, typewrite, asset, edit

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back formation

18
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phone, plane, ad, exam

19
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camcorder, motorcade, brunch, motel

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Dna, USA, DOH
initialism
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Aspirin, klennex, nylon, zipper
coinage
22
Name
noun
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generic, non captalized
common noun
24
specific , capitalized
proper noun
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cant see
abstract
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can see, feel, touch
concrete
27
groups
collective
28
can be counted
count nouns
29
cannot be counted
non count
30
king/ queen
Gender- specific
31
replace noun
pronoun
32
action
Verb
33
modifies noun or verb
Adverb
34
Goodluck
gegegegge
35
describe word or noun NOSASCOMP
Adjective
36
FANBOYS, either/or, neither nor
conjunction
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Place, in , on , underneath
Preposition
38
YES!!!!!!
Interjection
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placed in front of noun
Determiner
40
the borrowing is not equal
Asymmetry
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people with little to even no knowledge came to understand it
complexity
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by combining latin and greek affixes
Creativity
43
zero substitution, substitution , partial substitution
Flexibility