Language Change
Authored by Sara Roqhuett
English, History
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is diachronic change?
study of the history and evolution of language
study of language at a particular point in time
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is synchronic change?
study of the history and evolution of language
study of language at a particular point in time
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The creation of new words
coinage
neologisms
affixation
compounding
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To take a word from a foreign language and integrate it into your language
neologisms
conversion
blending
borrowing
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of these are ways of forming new words by shortening?
clipping
initialism
acronyms
back-formation
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When new words change class from noun to verb. (ie 'mail' became 'to mail')
conversion
compounding
affixation
borrowing
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What are archaisms?
words that become obsolete
words that are no longer in use
ancient hieroglyphics
translated words in other languages
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