Quick quiz

What is the term for a word formed from the initial letters of two or more successive words?

• Acronym

• Amelioration

• Antonym

• Archaism

What is the term for a word which is no longer in everyday use or has lost a particular meaning in current usage?

• Acronym

• Amelioration

• Antonym

• Archaism

What is the term for forming a new word by combining the beginning of one word with the end of another?

• Broadening

• Clipping

• Borrowing

• Blending

What is the term for introducing specific words or forms of words from one language into another?

• Blending

• Borrowing

• Broadening

• Clipping

What is the term for creating a new word by using an existing word in a different word class?

• Eponym

• Derivation

• Denotation

• Conversion

What is the term for the primary meaning of a word, not including its connotations?

• Eponym

• Conversion

• Denotation

• Derivation

What is the term for a group of words that relate to a shared area of meaning?

• Semantic Related

• Semantic Field

• Telescoping

• Anaphoric reference

What is the term for the rise and fall of the voice while speaking?

• Dialectical structure

• Syntax

• Morphology

• Intonation

What is the term for the process through which new words (neologisms) are formed?

• Root

• Pejoration

• Orthography

• Neology

What is the term for the characteristic pronunciation associated with a geographical area or social group?

• Accent

• Adjacency pairs

• Bidialectalism

• Coalescence