Contemporary English - Key Terms
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English
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11th Grade
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Hard
Christian Davies
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Linguistics, the technical term for an emoji is...
graphology
logogram
smiley
emoticon
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"BBC" is an example of...
Acronym
Colloquialism
Initialism
Pronoun
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Fish and Chips", "War and Peace". "Fake News" and "Scratch and Sniff" are examples of...
alliteration
slang
collocation
interjection
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"Ffs! My laptop is knackered."
Tick all the linguistic features that apply (select 3).
Exclamative
Semantic field
Blend
Semantic change
Collocation
5.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"cant deal with this bro my head is FRIED kmt"
This form of English is known as N_____ E______.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Check the fridge, there should be a coke in there."
Identify the linguistic feature in the noun "fridge".
Semantic change
Clipping
Colloquialism
Verbal irony
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Husband, father, gamer and frequent podcaster."
What's the most prominent linguistic feature here?
Concrete nouns
Agent nouns
Non-standard English
Vocatives
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