Word formation quiz

Bromance is an example of word formation using ...

• compunding

• conversion

• blending

• affixation

The process of creating new words is called...

• borrowing

• lexicograhpy

• blending

• coinage

Acroding to linguistic expert David Crystal, the only language that does not change is a ______ langauge

• foreign

• dead

• French

• latin

Prior to the Norman invasion of 1066 what name was given to the variety of English spoken in the British isles?

• Old English

• Norse

• Vulgar Latin

• Old French

According to the Collins dictionary the word of the year in 2020 was...

• quarantini

• COVID

• furlough

• lockdown

The neologism YOLO is an exmaple of ...

• initialism

• text speak

• acronym

• borrowing

Approximately how many words did Shakepseare contribute to the English language?

• 1700

• 700

• 5000

• 1200

When a word acquires a new or different meaning this is called ___________ ______________

• lexical expansion

• narrowing

• semnatic borrowing

• sematic shift

When a words acquires a more negative or downgraded meaning the process is called...

• postive expansion

• lexical negativity

• pejoration

• political correctness

The word 'nice' used to mean clumsy or careless, later foolish but now means agreeable or pleasant, the process whereby a words acquires a more positve meaning is called

• semntic niceities

• amelioration

• pejorative

• lexical shift