Unit 2 AOS 1

Question 1

Narrowing

Answer 1

The process of which the meaning of the word is changed to become more specific

Question 2

Broadening

Answer 2

The process of which the meaning of the word is changed to become more general

Question 3

Meaning Shifts

Answer 3

The process of which a word changes in meaning that entirely different from its original meaning

Question 4

Taboo words

Answer 4

Words that are embarrassing, or difficult to discuss

Question 5

Euphemisms

Answer 5

Used in place of Taboo words, that are mild and are more suitable for offensive words

Question 6

Compouding

Answer 6

A combination of 2 or more free morphemes to create 1 word

Question 7

Affixation

Answer 7

Adding a bound morpheme to form new words

Question 8

Conversion

Answer 8

Creating a new word that belongs to a different part of speech than the original, without affixation

Question 9

Backformation

Answer 9

New words that are formed by subtracting an affix, that was wrongly though to be part of the original word

Question 10

Shortening

Answer 10

Creating a new word by shortening a longer word

Question 11

Blend

Answer 11

A process of word formation in which 2 independent words are combined and create a new word

Question 12

Abbreviations

Answer 12

A form of a word or phrase with letters that are either removed or substituted

Question 13

Initialism

Answer 13

Taking the first letter from a string of words and saying those letters

Question 14

Acronym

Answer 14

Taking the first letter from a string of words and pronouncing them as their own

Question 15

Contraction

Answer 15

Using an apostrophe to indicate that letters have been elided

Question 16

Neologisms

Answer 16

New words that have been invented

Question 17

Commonization

Answer 17

Proper nouns being converted into common nouns or another part of speech

Question 18

Borrowing

Answer 18

New words that are taken from another language, especially in food

Question 19

Nominalisation

Answer 19

The conversion of non-nouns, noun phrases, often verbs into nouns

Question 20

Word Loss / Obsolescence

Answer 20

Refers to word or expression that are not commonly used, that remain in the language for technical terminology

Question 21

Archaisms

Answer 21

Words that exist in fixed phrases or old texts but are not used outside of these contexts, lost their original meaning in the fullest sense