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1 What is the origin of the word nitwit?It is said to be a borrowing from the colloquial Dutch expression Ik niet weet.
2 Which of the following pairs contains an example of calque? How would you describe the other(s)?
(a) footobooru (Japanese) football (English) calque (b) tr´ening (Hungarian) training (English)borrowing (c) luna de miel (Spanish) honeymoon (English) borrowing
3 Can you identify the different word-formation processes involved in producing each of the underlined words in these sentences?
(a) Eliza exclaimed, Absobloominlutely! infixing(bloomin)
(b) When Im ill, I want to see a doc, not a vet.clipping(doctor and veterinarian)
(c) These new skateboards from Zee Designs are kickass.compounding skate+board / compounding kick+ass verb+adj
(d) Dont you ever worry that you might get AIDS?acronym(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
(e) Shiel still parties every Saturday night.conversion(noun party--verb)
(f) Do you have a xerox machine?coinage
(g) I like this old sofa its nice and comfy.borrowing from arabic suffa and hypocorism from comfortable
4 Identify the prefixes and suffixes used in these words: carelessness,disagreement, ineffective, refillable, unfaithful prefixes:dis-in-un-re suffixes:ness-ment-able-ful-less-ive
5 In Kamhmu, the word sal means to put an ornament in the ear. What would be the word for an ear ornament?srnal
6 More than one process was involved in the creation of the forms underlined in these sentences. Can you identify the processes involved in each case?
(a) Can you FedEx the books to me today?blending for Federal Express +conversion (noun verb)
(b) Are you still using that old car-phone?clipping from telephone+compounding
(c) Police have reported an increase in carjackings in recent months.blending car+hijack plus conversion (verb noun)
(d) Welcome, everyone, to karaokenight at Cathys Bar and Grill!borrowing from Japanese karaoke plus compounding
(e) Jeeves, could you tell the maid to be sure to hoover the bedroom carpet?eponym from william hoover plus conversion(noun verb)

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5. In Kamhmu, the word sal means “to put an ornament in the ear.” What would be the word for “an ear ornament? 9. which of the following pairs contains an example of calque? how would you describe the others? footobooru(japanese) Can you identify the different word-formation processes involved in producing each of the underlined words in these sentences? What would be the word for ‘an ear ornament’? kamhmu in linguistic is footobooru a calque an ear ornament in kamhmu _ which of the following pairs contains an example of calque on linguistics? origin of the word footobooru which of the following pairs contains an example of calque sal an ear ornament the word formation processes of absobloominlutely Which of the following pairs contain an example of calque? How could you describe the other(s)? (a) footobooru (Japanese) – football (English) (b) training (Hungarian) – training (English) (c) luna de miel (Spanish) – honeymoon (English) Identify the word-formation processes involved in producing the underlined forms in these sentences:1.Laura parties every Saturday night. word for an ear ornament in Kamhmu kamhmu an ear ornament footobooru (japanese) – football (english) tréning eliza exclaimed absobloominlutely footobooru(japanese)-football que es footobooru footobooru calque what is the word footobooru footobooru in japanese football english , japanese . training hungarian . honeymoon , spanish . example of calque, footobooru kamhmu what is the origin of the word nitwit Can you FedEx the books to me today