Language Change

Question 1

Coinage/ neologism
Example?

Answer 1

Deliberate creation of a new word
Widget

Question 2

Borrowing/loan words
Example

Answer 2

Borrowing of words/concepts from other languages
Bungalow (Hindi)

Question 3

Compounding
Example

Answer 3

Words combined together to form new words
User-friendly

Question 4

Clipping
Example

Answer 4

Words are shortened because the shortened form becomes the norm
Gym

Question 5

Blending
Example

Answer 5

Words are abbreviated and joined together to form a new word
Newscast (news + broadcast)

Question 6

Acronym
Example

Answer 6

First letters are taken from a series of words - new term
NATO

Question 7

Initialism
Example

Answer 7

First letters from a series of words, new term, each letter pronounced
OMG, LOL

Question 8

Affixation
Example

Answer 8

One or more free morphemes combined with one or more bound morphemes
Regift

Question 9

Conversion or functional shift
Example

Answer 9

Word shifts from one word class to another, usually noun to a verb
Google

Question 10

Eponym
Example

Answer 10

Names of a person or company used to define particular objects
James Dyson - Dyson hoover

Question 11

Back formation
Example

Answer 11

Vern is created from an existing noun by removing a suffix
Insert from insertion