English Pyne terminology Flashcards
(19 cards)
1
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Modify adverbs and verbs
Quite; I think
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Qualifiers
2
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Isn’t it?
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Tag-question
3
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Vague adjectives
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Don’t mean anything
Ish, around, about
4
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Empty adjectives
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Divine, eternal etc
5
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Affixation
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adding a prefix
6
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clipping
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shortening
7
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coined
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new word is made
8
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compounding
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joining 2 words
9
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blending
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joining 2 words like internet
10
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conversion
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change of meaning
11
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initialism
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abbreviation with the initial words of it like WWF
12
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broadening
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retains old meaning and adds new ones
13
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narrowing
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specific meaning
14
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neologism
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a newly coined word
15
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acronym
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letters now pronounced as a word like NATO
16
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Pejoration
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word becomes less favourable like villain used to mean farm worker/peasant
17
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change from below
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society imposed
18
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change from above
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imposed by government like the French Academy or Orwell 1984
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