Terminology Flashcards
What does stickler mean?
A prescriptivist who is vigorous in their view
What does cilipping mean?
When they take parts of two words and merge them together
What does broadening mean ?
Extending the meaning of a word
What does amelioration mean?
Words meaning/connotations get better
What does pejoration mean?
A words meaning/connotations getting worse
What do we call words that eventually fall out of usage due to becoming dated and obsolete?
Archaic or archaisms
What is compounding?
Process of putting together two words that develop a new word e.g fire and fighter becoming firefighter
What is blending ?
Process of creating new words by putting together the start of one word with the end of another e.g brunch from breakfast and lunch
What is borrowing?
Process of adding a word to a language that originates from another language e.g fog from danish
What is a neologism ?
A word that is coined
What is an acronym?
A word that is made from the initial letters of words e.g. laser
What’s an initialism?
A word made from initial letters of other words and is pronounced by saying each letter individually e.g. BBC
What is morphological?
Change related to the structure of words and their formation
What is orthographical?
Change related to the spelling and graphemes of a lanagueg
What is synchronic variation ?
Variation in a language at a specific point in time
What is diachronic variation ?
Variation in a language over a period of time
