General

Question 1

What is etymology

Answer 1

The origin of words

Question 2

The origin of words

Answer 2

Etymology

Question 3

Deliberate creation of new words

Answer 3

Coinage/neologisms

Question 4

Coinage/neologisms

Answer 4

Deliberate creation of new words

Question 5

Taking words/concepts from other languages

Answer 5

Borrowing/ loan words

Question 6

Borrowing / loan words

Answer 6

Taking words/concepts from other languages

Question 7

Existing words are combined to form new words

Answer 7

Compounding

Question 8

Compounding

Answer 8

Existing words are combined to form new words

Question 9

Clipping

Answer 9

Words are shortened become the norm

Question 10

Words are shortened become the norm

Answer 10

Clipping

Question 11

Blending

Answer 11

Combination of clipping and compounding

Question 12

Combination of clipping and compounding

Answer 12

Blending

Question 13

Acronym

Answer 13

First letters are taken to form a word

Question 14

Initialism

Answer 14

First letters are put together in a term but each letter is pronounced

Question 15

Affixation

Answer 15

One or more free morphemes are combined with one or more bound morphemes

Question 16

One or more free morphemes are combined with one or more bound morphemes

Answer 16

Affixation

Question 17

Conversion or functional shift

Answer 17

Words shift from one word class to another

Question 18

Words shift from one word class to another

Answer 18

Conversion or functional shift

Question 19

Eponym

Answer 19

Name/brand is used to define an object

Question 20

Name/brand is used to define an object

Answer 20

Eponym

Question 21

Back formation

Answer 21

Verb created from a noun

Question 22

Dictionary

Answer 22

Samuel Johnson 1955

Question 23

Johnathon swift 1712

Answer 23

Lang change meant a decline of English, supposedly reflecting a lack of standards

Question 24

Lang change meant a decline of English, supposedly reflecting a lack of standards
Who said it?

Answer 24

Johnathon swift 1712

Question 25

Joanna Coles, guardian 1992

Answer 25

Political correctness is simply a new name for what, in the old days, we used to call good manners

Question 26

Political correctness is simply a new name for what, in the old days, we used to call good manners

Answer 26

Joanna Coles, guardian, 1992

Question 27

Inkhorn controversy

Answer 27

16-17th century
Growing pride in eng lang
extensive use of coining and borrowing language from
Latin
Greek
French
Spanish
Italy

Considered pretentious + unnecessary

Question 28

Semantic drift internal

Answer 28

Amelioration
Pejoration 
Weakening
Narrowing
Broadening
Political Correctness
Euphemism

Question 29

Thomas Wilson

Answer 29

Straunge ynkehorne terms

Inkhorn was a vessel for carrying ink- a symbol of authorial self-importance

Question 30

Straunge ynkehorne terms

Inkhorn was a vessel for carrying ink- a symbol of authorial self-importance

Answer 30

Thomas Wilson

Question 31

The process of neosemy

Answer 31

Words acquire new meanings

Question 32

External factors

Answer 32

Social ideas
Cultural changes
Technology

Question 33

Nice

Answer 33

Negatives
Interrogatives
Code usage
Emphasis

Question 34

Homographs

Answer 34

Spelt the same but sound different

Question 35

Spelt the same but sound different

Answer 35

Homographs

Question 36

Homophones

Answer 36

Spelt differently but sound the same

Question 37

Spelt differently but sound the same

Answer 37

Homophones

Question 38

6th century

Answer 38

Roman alphabet was introduced to Britain by Christian missionaries
Did not include some consonants and had extra vowels
Phonetic language meant words were spelt differently depending on accents - variation in dialect in England

Question 39

Norman conquest

Answer 39

Some Πletters were abandoned

Added K Q X Z

Question 40

Caxton 1476

Answer 40

Printing press standardised spelling although was still irregular as his writing contained few inconsistencies

Question 41

The great vowel shift 18th century

Answer 41

Gradual change of vowel pronunciation

Long vowels raised to position tongue closer to the roof of the mouth