Contemporary English - Key Terms

In Linguistics, the technical term for an emoji is...

• graphology

• logogram

• smiley

• emoticon

"BBC" is an example of...

• Acronym

• Colloquialism

• Initialism

• Pronoun

"Fish and Chips", "War and Peace". "Fake News" and "Scratch and Sniff" are examples of...

• alliteration

• slang

• collocation

• interjection

"Ffs! My laptop is knackered."

Tick all the linguistic features that apply (select 3).

• Exclamative

• Semantic field

• Blend

• Semantic change

• Collocation

"cant deal with this bro my head is FRIED kmt"

This form of English is known as N_____ E______.

"Check the fridge, there should be a coke in there."

Identify the linguistic feature in the noun "fridge".

• Semantic change

• Clipping

• Colloquialism

• Verbal irony

"Husband, father, gamer and frequent podcaster."

What's the most prominent linguistic feature here?

• Concrete nouns

• Agent nouns

• Non-standard English

• Vocatives

"I see that the covidiots are out in force today!"

Select all the terms that apply to the underlined word. (choose 2)

• Blend

• Metaphor

• Standard English

• Coinage

"Hello my Queens! And welcome to RuPaul's Drag Race UK!"

Select the technical term which would apply to the underlined noun phrase.

• Clipping

• Vocative

• Semantic shift

• Ellipsis

Words which are no longer in use are said to be o______