lexis features

Question 1

lexical fields

Answer 1

words grouped together that are connected
->medical lexis: ward, coronary, ICU

Question 2

collocations

Answer 2

2 existing words habitually put together to form new expression
->fish and chips

Question 3

euphemisms

Answer 3

vague/mild used to soften
harsh alternative
->passed away

Question 4

dysphemisms

Answer 4

blunt language to shock/offend
-> dead

Question 5

figurative language

Answer 5

used to create imagery

Question 6

literal language

Answer 6

what something is e.g the colour

Question 7

colloquialisms

Answer 7

slang

Question 8

emotive language

Answer 8

used to create emotion

Question 9

eponym

Answer 9

create new name based on the person/brand name

Question 10

initialism

Answer 10

word said as the individual letters
->BBC

Question 11

acronymisation

Answer 11

forming a word out of the initials and saying as a new word

Question 12

borrowing

Answer 12

words taken from another language

Question 13

neologisms

Answer 13

making up a brand new word

Question 14

reduplication

Answer 14

repetition of words that are the same/similar
->nitty-gritty

Question 15

back formation

Answer 15

removal of a morpheme to change the word class of an existing word
-> verb ‘enthuse’ comes from noun ‘enthusiasm

Question 16

affixation

Answer 16

adding a bound morpheme to change word class
-> add -ing to noun ‘text’ to become ‘texting’

Question 17

conversion

Answer 17

changing word class of word

Question 18

compounding

Answer 18

two existing words stuck together to form a new word
-> skateboard

Question 19

clipping

Answer 19

when part of a word is removed but the meaning stays the same
->’sync’ from ‘synchronise’

Question 20

blending

Answer 20

two existing words fused to create a new word
->brunch

Question 21

shortening

Answer 21

end of word chopped off
->chillin

Question 22

code mixing

Answer 22

generations of families use different languages amongst themselves and share them