Coinage Quiz SGDL2023

What is Coinage in terms of linguistics?

• The invention of a new word or phrase.

• The process by which a word from one language is adapted for use in another.

• It involves the shortening of a longer word, often reducing it to one syllable.

• A set of coins of different values used in a country's money system.

What is Eponynms?

• A way of making a new verb from an existing noun

• A type of coinage in which new words are derived from the name of a person or a place.

• • A name or noun formed after a person.

• A way of forming new lexical units by putting together parts of existing words.

What is the example of a coinage word?

• Google

• Edit

• Cookie

• Pizza

Which one is not the example of a coinage word?

• COVID-19

• Vaseline

• Sandwich

• Democracy

What is the examples of Malay words in Coinage?

• Telefon Bimbit

• Komputer

• Persahabatan

• Televisyen