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Give an extended definition of back-formation.
Speak about clipping and its types. Exemplify your answers.
Explain the notion of blending. What other terms are used for this phenomenon? What types of clipping do you know? Give examples.
What is reduplication? Describe its types, illustrating your answer with examples.
Give a definition of abbreviation. What are the reasons for using abbreviation?
Speaks about the types of abbreviation with as many examples as possible.
What spelling rules apply to abbreviations?
Explain the notion of pseudo-acronyms. Exemplify your answer.
What is redundant abbreviation syndrome? Give examples.
Give an extended definition of backronyms.
What is iconic derivation? Illustrate your answer with examples.
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- Semantic change Definition of semantic change / Extension (Generalization) / Narrowing (Specializaation) /Amelioration / Pejoration / Further kinds of semantic change / Folk etymology
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- 2.3 Polysemy Stages of semantic change /Definition of polysemy and polysemes / Polysemy vs Homonymy / Examples of polysemes / Polysemy vs Indeterminacy /Linguistic processes governing polysemy
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- 2.4 Homonymy and paronymy Definition of Homonyms / Origins of Homonyms / Partial Homonyms / Homographs / Homophones / Capitonyms / Heterologues / Stylistic use of Homonyms / Paronyms
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- Antonymy Definition of Antonyms / Derivation of Antonyms / Gradable Antonyms / Complementary Antonyms / Other types of Antonyms /Auto-Antonyms
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- 2.6 Synonymy Definition of Synonymy and Synonyms / Types of Synonyms / The Basic Semantic Functions of Synonyms / Synonym Paradigms / Non-Lexical Synonymy /
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- Other semantic relations between words Hyponyms and Hypernyms / Incompatibility / Holonymy and Meronymy / Series / Hierarchies
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- 3.2 Affixation Definition and affix types / Suffixation / Semi-suffixes / Prefixation / Semi-prefixes
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