Glossary Flashcards
1
Q
What does Neologisms mean?
A
The new words created
2
Q
Borrowing = When we borrow a word from
A
Another language
3
Q
Scientific progress is a way of
A
New words being created
4
Q
Affixation
A
Where new prefixes or suffixes are added to existing words
5
Q
Compounding is when
A
A new word is created by combining two separate words to create one word
6
Q
Blending
A
two separate words are actually merged together
7
Q
Conversion
A
New words are created when existing word changes class E.g. words that started off as nouns are now also used as verbs
8
Q
What is coinage?
A
The creation of new words
