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15 Cards in this Set
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Acronyms |
a wordformed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phraseor series of words and pronounced as a separate word |
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Blends |
- a new word formed byjoining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of`smoke' and `fog'" |
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Clippings- |
when a wordis reduced or shortened without changing the meaning |
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Compounds |
when two or more lexemes combine to form a single new word |
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Borrowings- |
words adopted by the speakers of one language from a different language |
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Conversions |
a kind of word formation;specifically, it is the creation of a word(of a new word class) from an existing word (of a different word class) withoutany change in form |
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Homophones |
words with same sounds |
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Homograph |
words with same spelling but different pronunciation and different meaning |
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Homonyms |
same spelling, same sound different meanings |
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Loan words |
a word borrowedfrom a donor language and incorporated into a recipient language without translation |
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Hegemony |
Hegemony is political or cultural dominance or authority over others. |
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Synonyms |
words with samemeaning |
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Near synonyms- |
almost same meaning |
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Etymology |
The studyof the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changedthroughout history: |
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Polyglot |
Knowingor using several languages: |
