Keywords Flashcards
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Diachronic change
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The historical development of language
2
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Synachronic change
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The study of language in a particular moment
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4
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Lingua Franca
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A language that is adopted as a common lnaguage between speakers whose native languages are different
5
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Latinate lexis
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Having the character of Latin using Latin at a more dominant level
6
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‘Borrowing’ or ‘loan words’
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words that are directly borrowed from another language.
7
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‘Affixation’
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new prefixes or suffixes are added to existing words. (Usually from Latino or Greek eg anti- meaning against/ opposite. )
8
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Compounding
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combining two separate words to create one word (eg hand and bag = handbag)
9
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Archaism
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words that have fallen out of common usage (old fashioned)
10
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Obsolete
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words which are no longer used/ no longer useful.
