Friday Quiz 2

What is the term for a word of Latin origin, usually more formal sounding than those of Norse origin?

• Neologism

• Latinate

• Slang

• Monosyllabic

Which term refers to the transformation of verbs into nouns?

• Telescoping

• Portmanteau word

• Morpheme

• Nominalisation

What is the term for the investigation of word meanings?

• Lexical field

• Slang

• Polysyllabic

• Semantics

Which term describes the mistaken use of a similar sounding word?

• Telescoping

• Register

• Semantic field

• Malapropism

What is the term for a word made from a blend of two other words?

• Polysyllabic

• Semantic range

• Lexis

• Portmanteau word

Which term refers to the contraction of a word, phrase, or part of a word?

• Nominalisation

• Neologism

• Telescoping

• Morpheme

What is the term for the study of the structure of words?

• Morphology

• Phonetics

• Syntax

• Pragmatics

Which term refers to the meaning of a word in relation to other words in a sentence?

• Lexical field

• Pragmatics

• Semantics

• Discourse analysis

What is the term for the study of language in use, including the rules of conversation?

• Pragmatics

• Syntax

• Phonology

• Morphology

What is the term for the study of the structure of sentences?

• Pragmatics

• Syntax

• Phonology

• Morphology