Ms Pennycuick's A2 Language Changers

What is etymology?

• Changing the form of the base of the word

• Study of the origin words and the way the meanings change

• An abbreviation

• Process that makes something better

What is narrowing?

• Opposite of broadening. Meaning becomes less general

• An abbreviation

• Travelling on a canal boat

• How new words are made in English.

What is telescoping?

• The contraction of a phrase, word, or part of the word.

• Process that makes something better.

• Combining new words.

• Looking at the moon through a telescope

What is compounding?

• Abbreviation consisting of the first letters.

• Combining words together to form new words.

• Process of changing or converting the class of a word without changing its form.

• Process of making something better.

What is Blending?

• The process of changing or converting the class of a word.

• The contraction of a phrase, word or part of a word.

• Combined together to make a new word.

• Joining the beginning of one word and the end of another to make a new one.

What is Borrowing?

• Stealing a pen

• Process that makes something better

• Acquiring words from other languages

• Contraction of phrases, word or part of words.

What is amelioration?

• When a word's meaning becomes less generalised over time.

• The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.

• The study of the origin of words.

• The process by which a term gains a more negative connotation over time.

What is broadening?

• Process of forming a new word by combing 2 words

• The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.

• Acquiring new words from other languages

• When a meaning of a word becomes more encompassing

What is pejoration?

• The process by which a term gains a more negative connotation over time.

• The state of Mrs. W-B's mind after teaching Year 13 English.

• The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.

• The process of converting the class of word.

the emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• context clues