Etymology

Question 1

lexis , lexicon , lexicography

Answer 1

words, the word base, the study thereof

Question 2

le français élémentaire

Answer 2

the fundamental 4000-word base that accounts for 97.5% of French, according to 1950s linguistic thinking

Question 3

structuralism

Answer 3

analysis by breaking down into (more) fundamental elements

Question 4

archaisms

Answer 4

features that are considered too old to be currently conventional

Question 5

closed vs. open sets

Answer 5

potential or lack to add new lexical terms to a different category.
- E.g. nouns = open set
- past tense markers = closed set.
Some parts of grammar are debated (e.g. gender-neutral pronouns; on est allés to signify plural)

Question 6

répartition

Answer 6

semantic range of a lexeme. E.g. parler (more meanings) vs. hein (fewer)

Question 7

neologisms

Answer 7

new words

Question 8

borrowing

Answer 8

imported from other languages

Question 9

creation

Answer 9

created using conventions of current language (derivation, compounding)

Question 10

derivation: productive

Answer 10

affixes still in use (e.g. anti-, mega-, hyper-)

Question 11

modification

Answer 11

change of meaning eg. navette

Question 12

derivation: unproductive

Answer 12

affixes no longer in use (e.g. in-)

Question 13

compounding: preposition

Answer 13

e.g. chemin de fer, machine à laver

Question 14

compounding: hyphen

Answer 14

e.g. porte-billets, cessez-le-feu.

Question 15

compounding: blend

Answer 15

no hyphen (e.g. portefeuille)