Lexicology Overview Quiz

Study Notes

Lexicology

Lexicology is the study of vocabulary, including words and morphemes.
Descriptive Lexicology focuses on vocabulary within a specific time period.
Historical Lexicology examines how vocabulary changes over time.
Diachronic is the approach analyzing vocabulary changes over time.
Somasiology studies lexicon, morphology, syntax, and substantial semantics.
Morphemes are units of meaning within words.
Derivational morphemes are prefixes and suffixes that alter the meaning of word roots.
Homonyms are words with the same sound and spelling, but different meanings. Perfect homonyms share both sound and spelling.
Phraseological units are compound phrases with a fixed meaning, not simply a combination of individual word meanings.
Word-formation processes are methods for creating new words.
Conversion creates words without adding prefixes or suffixes.
Examples of affixes: -dom, -ness, -or, -al
Examples of Homophones: 'sea' (noun) / 'sea' (verb) or 'bank' (noun) / 'bank' (verb)
Types of homonyms: homographs, homophones, and homonyms

Word Formation Processes

Conversion is the process of creating a word without adding prefixes or suffixes, for example, "email" (noun) becoming "email" (verb).
Compounding combines two or more words to create a new word, such as "blackboard" or "smartphone."
Affixation adds prefixes or suffixes to existing words, such as "un-happy" or "friend-ly."
Blending merges parts of two or more words, such as "brunch" (breakfast + lunch) or "smog" (smoke + fog).
Acronymy uses the first letters of words to create a new term, such as "NATO" (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

Description

Test your knowledge of lexicology, including the study of vocabulary and its components such as morphemes and word-formation processes. This quiz covers essential concepts like descriptive and historical lexicology, as well as homonyms and phraseological units.