Language Change: Lexis Flashcards

56164167	Archaism	an old word or phrase no longer in general spoken or written use.	0
833781809	Neologism	A new word, expression, or usage	1
177217646	Coinage	A word or phrase that is made, invented or fabricated	2
244046601	Collocation	Two or more words that co-occur in a language frequently	3
344271218	Borrowing	The introduction of a word from one language to another	4
132950649	Anglicised loan word	A borrowed word that has altered in its pronunciation or meaning	5
514326166	Non-anglicised loan word	A borrowed word whose form has not altered	6
194677030	Eponym	A person for whom something is or is thought to be named.	7
629655354	Acronym	A lexcalised word made up form the initial letters of a phrase (sounded as a word)	8
266593215	Initialism	A word formed from the initial letter of each of the successive words that is not pronounced as a word, but by each letter	9
612161813	Clipping	A new word produced by shortening an existing one	10
681864101	Affixation	The addition of bound morphemes to an existing word	11
950302390	Prefixing	To attach a bound morpheme at the head of an already existing word as in 'reboot, decryption, hyperlink, unfriend'	12
847102767	Suffixing	Creating a new word by attaching a bound morpheme to the foot of an already existing word as in 'hacker'	13
274516250	Conversion	A word changes its word class without adding a suffix	14
869932978	Compound	The combining of separate words to create a new word, sometimes using a hyphen	15
435336952	Blend	Two words fusing to make a new one	16
955162535	Amelioration	A word taking on a more positive meaning, gaining status	17
478693527	Pejoration	A word taking on a more negative meaning, losing status	18
339291755	Broadening	A word acquiring additional, new meanings	19
628061728	Metaphor	Non-literal word usage	20
628061729	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	21
787205891	Idiom	A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.	22
799436894	Vowel omission	pls, ppl	23
293357316	Homophonic representation	2L8, M8, qt	24
166545509	Phonetic spelling	U, R, cos	25