Unit 1 - Contemporary Terminology

Question 1

Question 1
What is an Acronym?

Answer 1

An abbreviation formed by taking letters from a series of words, which is pronounced like an actual word.

E.g. RADAR, NATO, LOL.

Question 2

Question 2
What does Blend mean?

Answer 2

A word formed when two or more words are combined to create a new word combining the meaning of the originals.

E.g. Webinar = Web + Seminar.

Question 3

Question 3
What is Borrowing?

Answer 3

Introducing a loan word from one language to another.

Question 4

Question 4
What is Clipping?

Answer 4

The creation of a new word with the same word class & denotation, by dropping a syllable.

E.g. Thurs, Spec, Flu, Phone.

Question 5

Question 5
What is Code Shifting?

Answer 5

When speakers switch between more than one language or variety in a situation.

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Question 6
What is Coinage?

Answer 6

The construction & addition of new words to the word stock.

Question 7

Question 7
What is a Collocation?

Answer 7

A recognisable group of words that frequently occur together.

E.g. There you go.

Question 8

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What is a Colloquialism?

Answer 8

An informal word, phrase or pronunciation, often associated with informal speech.

Question 9

Question 9
What is Deixis?

Answer 9

A term describing expressions that rely on the context for interpretation.

E.g. He didn’t never tell lies.

Question 10

Question 10
What is Ellipsis?

Answer 10

The omission of part of a sentence that can be understood by the context.

E.g. When - we going - shop? (When are we going to the shop?)

Question 11

Question 11
What is a Functional Shift?

Answer 11

A word shifts from one word class to another.

E.g. the noun “google” has recently turned to a verb “google it” the noun “text” has turned to a verb “I’ll text him”.

Question 12

Question 12
What is an Idiolect?

Answer 12

A term used to describe the characteristic speech of an individual, including distinctive features of pronunciation, lexis & grammar.

Question 13

Question 13
What is an Initialism?

Answer 13

A word formed from the first letters of a sequence of words pronounced.

E.g. BBC, GCSE.

Question 14

Question 14
What is a Logogram?

Answer 14

When graphics units are associated with words/ actions.

E.g. emoticons, X.

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Question 15
What is a Non-Standard use of Language?

Answer 15

Language that doesn’t conform to the standard prestige form which is used as a linguistic norm.

Question 16

E.g. RADAR, NATO, LOL.

Question 16
What is the term?
‘An abbreviation formed by taking letters from a series of words, which is pronounced like an actual word’

Answer 16

An Acronym.

Question 17

E.g. Webinar = Web + Seminar.

Question 17
What is the term?
‘A word formed when two or more words are combined to create a new word combining the meaning of the originals’

Answer 17

A Blend.

Question 18

Question 18
What is the term?
‘Introducing a loan word from one language to another’

Answer 18

Borrowing.

Question 19

E.g. Thurs, Spec, Flu, Phone.

Question 19
What is the term?
‘The creation of a new word with the same word class & denotation, by dropping a syllable’

Answer 19

Clipping.

Question 20

Question 20
What is the term?
‘When speakers switch between more than one language or variety in a situation’

Answer 20

Code Shifting.

Question 21

Question 21
What is the term?
‘The construction & addition of new words to the word stock’

Answer 21

Coinage.

Question 22

E.g. There you go.

Question 22
What is the term?
‘A recognisable group of words that frequently occur together’

Answer 22

A Collocation.

Question 23

Question 23
What is the term?
‘An informal word, phrase or pronunciation, often associated with informal speech’

Answer 23

A Cooloquialism.

Question 24

E.g. He didn’t never tell lies.

Question 24
What is the term?
‘A term describing expressions that rely on the context for interpretation’

Answer 24

Deixis.

Question 25

# E.g. When - we going - shop? (When are we going to the shop?) Question 25 What is the term? *'The omission of part of a sentence that can be understood by the context'*

Answer 25

Ellipsis.

Question 26

Question 26 What is the term? *'A word shifts from one word class to another'* ## Footnote E.g. the noun “google” has recently turned to a verb “google it” the noun “text” has turned to a verb “I’ll text him”.

Answer 26

Functional Shift.

Question 27

Question 27 What is the term? *'A term used to describe the characteristic speech of an individual, including distinctive features of pronunciation, lexis & grammar'*

Answer 27

An Idiolect.

Question 28

# E.g. BBC, GCSE. Question 28 What is the term? *'A word formed from the first letters of a sequence of words pronounced'*

Answer 28

Initialism.

Question 29

# E.g. emoticons, X. Question 29 What is the term? *'When graphics units are associated with words/ actions'*

Answer 29

A Logogram.

Question 30

Question 30 What is the term? *'Language that doesn’t conform to the standard prestige form which is used as a linguistic norm'*

Answer 30

Non-Standard use of Language.