Identifying Language Change Terms Paper 3 Question 1

Which is an example of an eponym?

• landing

• outlier

• female

• shrapnel

Identify the compound word.

• stationwagon

• relax

• grade

• finality

Identify the answer that is not an example of telescoping.

• Fridge

• UNESCO

• FBI

• formula

Identify the example of derivation

• clap

• happy

• unhappy

• freedom

Identify the example of an initialism.

• AICE

• UNESCO

• FBI

Identify the acronym

• BRB

• BOGO

• DVD

• CNN

Identify the noun that has broadened over time.

• 'Dog' originally referred to any four-legged animal.

• 'Meat' originally meant any type of food.

• 'Guy' originally referred to Guy Fawkes, who planned to blow up Westminster Palace.

Identify the noun that has narrowed over time.

• "Cool" originally referred only to a specific artistic style of jazz.

• "Thing" originally referred to a public assembly.

• 'Girl 'originally referred to any child, male or female.

Which answer is an example of conversion?

• hit

• computer

• involve

Which is an example of a word that includes a suffix?

• preview

• definition

• incapable