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Morphology & Lexicology Metalanguage P.2 Flashcards

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Neologisms

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Newly coined words, expressions or usage.

“spam”
“chillax”

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Borrowing

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Borrowing words from other languages.

chocolate (Aztec)
algebra (Arabic)
boomerang (Aboriginal)

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Commonisation

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The development of common, everyday words from words that began life as proper nouns.

Kleenex = tissues
Band-Aid = sticking plaster
Esky = cool box

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Archaism

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Words that are no longer used in everyday life.

coney = rabbit
thy, thee, thou, thine = you, your, yours

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Acronym

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An abbreviation created using the first letter of other words. Unlike initialisms, acronyms can be pronounced.

NASA, LOL, SCUBA

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