Ongoing Change Summary

Question 1

Until the late eighteenth century, it was impossible to use the:

Answer 1

progressive and the passive together (Instead: The house is building.
Now: The house is being built. (progressive + passive)

Question 2

after 1800, - More phrasal and prepositional verbs:

Answer 2

to put off, to shrug off, to ice up

Question 3

which passive Became common in the nineteenth century?

Answer 3

the GET passive (they got beaten)——- - More focus on the action or change than with the be-passive:

Question 4

what are Neologisms ?

Answer 4

new words

Question 5

examples of neologisms?

Answer 5

• Trade names become generalized: kleenex, xerox, google, band-aid, Levis
• Original inventions: blurb, googol (10100)
• No traceable origins: quiz, fun, slang, pooch, snob

Question 6

Making a shorter word out of a longer word by removing the affixes is called:

Answer 6

back-formation

Question 7

examples of back-formation:

Answer 7

: to baby-sit from baby-sitter, to televise (from television)

Question 8

: changing the function of a word without changing the form is called:

Answer 8

conversion

Question 9

examples of conversion:

Answer 9

to google, to email, to catalogue

Question 10

Putting parts of two words together to form one is called:

Answer 10

blending

Question 11

examples of blending:

Answer 11

motel, smog

Question 12

Part of the word stands for the whole is called:

Answer 12

• Shortening / clipping

Question 13

examples of - Shortening / clipping:

Answer 13

ad, demo, exam, plane, gym

Question 14

Abbreviations made from the initials of the words is called:

Answer 14

Acronyms

Question 15

example of an acronym:

Answer 15

radar, scuba

Question 16

The initials cannot be pronounced as a single word is called:

Answer 16

initialisms

Question 17

examples of initialisms:

Answer 17

CBC, SAQ, TMR, NDG