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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is diachronic change?
study of the history and evolution of language
study of language at a particular point in time
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is synchronic change?
study of the history and evolution of language
study of language at a particular point in time
- 3. Multiple Choice
The creation of new words
coinage
neologisms
affixation
compounding
- 4. Multiple Choice
To take a word from a foreign language and integrate it into your language
neologisms
conversion
blending
borrowing
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of these are ways of forming new words by shortening?
clipping
initialism
acronyms
back-formation
- 6. Multiple Choice
When new words change class from noun to verb. (ie 'mail' became 'to mail')
conversion
compounding
affixation
borrowing
- 7. Multiple Choice
What are archaisms?
words that become obsolete
words that are no longer in use
ancient hieroglyphics
translated words in other languages
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is semantic change?
change in meaning
change in orthography
change in grammar
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which are different ways of forming new words?
scientific progress
eponym (name of person after which something is named)
proprietary names (name of brand becomes the common label)
archaisms
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which is an example of an eponym?
kindergarten
Braille
Kleenex
Cyborg
- 11. Multiple Choice
Developing a positive meaning over time
amelioration
pejoration
- 12. Multiple Choice
Developing a negative meaning over time
amelioration
pejoration
- 13. Fill in the Blank
Word loses strength of meaning
- 14. Fill in the Blank
Word that has a specific meaning that becomes more general over time
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which is an example of narrowing?
meat (before meaning any food, now means flesh of animal as food)
place (before meaning broad street, now means any area)
soon (before meaning immediately, now means in a short while)
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which influenced grammatical change of English?
codification
introduction of dictionaries
introduction of printed media
writing structure
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which are the four mains categories of language change? (important)
lexical, semantic, grammatical, graphological
scientific, technological, social, universal
semantic, technological, social, grammatical
lexial, graphological, global, personal
- 18. Multiple Choice
Appearance of letters changing over time is what type of change?
semantic
lexical
graphological
grammatical
- 19. Multiple Choice
What are some causes of language change?
immigration
invasion
imperialism and colonization
convenience (functional theory)
- 20. Multiple Choice
What are possible situations in which words would need to be created due to the theory of lexical gaps?
scientific discovery
change in lifestyle
new inventions
boredom
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