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Language Change Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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What is a lib-fix

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A suffix which has been ‘liberated from its original word and applied to new words

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What is a eponym

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Brand names, names of people or places that are used to define particular objects.

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What is back formation

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a verb created from an existing noun by removing a suffix

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