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9 Cards in this Set
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Euphemism |
A mild or inoffensive version of a word |
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Broadening |
Eg. "Holy day" to "holiday". However still retains original meaning |
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Narrowing |
Eg. Meat originally meant food in general, not just animal produce |
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Weakening |
Words losing their original strength. Eg. "Soon" once meant "immediately", whereas now it means 'in the near future' |
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Amelioration |
When semantic change gives a word a more pleasant or positive meaning |
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Pejoration |
Semantic change causes the word's meaning to become less favourable and more negative in meaning |
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Coinage |
Words that are completely new and are not derived from any pre-existing words |
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Archaic forms |
Particular forms of lexis or grammatical forms that have now fallen out of use |
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Affixing |
The addition of suffixes or prefixes. Eg. Micro-wave (and also inter-/super-/mega- etc) |
