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WORDS - Coggle Diagram
WORDS
Neologisms
Definition: Words, meanings, or combinations appearing in a specific period or used once ("occasional" words) in a text.
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Types of Coinages:
Terminological: Technical acronyms like TRUD (time remaining until drive), LOX (liquid oxygen explosive), or UNESCO.
Stylistic: Words used for specific literary effect, such as "bestest" or using nouns as verbs (e.g., "mother-in-lawed").
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Borrowings (Loan Words)
Historical Timeline:
1st Century B.C. (Latin): Everyday infrastructure words like kitchen, cup, mill, and wine.
5th Century A.D. (Celtic): Words like bald, glen, druid, and cradle.
8th–11th Century (Scandinavian): Essential verbs and nouns like take, call, die, law, and husband.
1066 (French/Norman): Household and social terms like table, dinner, supper, autumn, and uncle.
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Foreign Elements:
Barbarisms: Foreign words not fully assimilated into English (e.g., chic, bon mot, en passant).
Foreign Words: Words used for stylistic purposes that do not officially belong to the English vocabulary.