Lexis

Question 1

What is the term for new words?

Answer 1

Neologisms

Question 2

What is the term for the invention of new words?

Answer 2

Coinage

Question 3

2 main types of lexical change

Answer 3

Borrowing Word Formation

Question 4

8 Word Formation processes? (Cancun Carti Ain’t Ill Because All Bones Converge

Answer 4

Compounding ClippingAcronyms InitialismsBlending Affixations Back-formations Conversion

Question 5

What is compounding? With examples?

Answer 5

Where 2 or more existing words combine to make a new wordLipstick, icecream, jetlag

Question 6

What is clipping with examples?

Answer 6

Existing word is shortened but still conveys the same meaning Telephone to phone or gymnasium to gym

Question 7

What are acronyms with examples?

Answer 7

First letter of each word in a phrase is taken to form a new wordAIDS, CPU, RAM

Question 8

What are Initialisms with examples?

Answer 8

First letters of each word in an acronym are pronounced separately. BBC, FBI, CIA, IRS

Question 9

What is Blending with examples?

Answer 9

Parts of existing words combine to form a new word Smog (smoke + fog) Brunch (Breakfast + Lunch)

Question 10

What often happens with new blending words?

Answer 10

They fail to get popular usage

Question 11

What is Affixation with examples?

Answer 11

When bound morphemes such as ‘inter-“ or “poly” are put on to words to make new meaning Internet, Polytechnics

Question 12

What is Back-formation with examples?

Answer 12

When words are created by removing an affix from themEnthuse came from enthusiasmEmote came from emotion

Question 13

What is Conversion with examples?

Answer 13

Moving a word to a new grammatical category, no morphology change either. Google started as a noun but is now a verb Commute being a verb and then in to a noun