INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS: R.No.302. Dr.SUBRAMANIAN, 1-4-2010 Write the Acronyms for the following: 1.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 2. World Health Organization 3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization 5. Compact Disk 6. Video Cassette Recorder 7. Automatic Teller Machine 8. Personal Identification Number 9. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 10. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation 11. Radio Detecting and Ranging 12. Self Contained underwater Breathing Apparatus 13. Zone Improvement Plan 14. Mothers Against Drunk Driving 15. Women Against Rape Write Clippings for the following: 1. Facsimile 2. Gasoline 3. Advertisement 4. Fanatic 5. Examination 6. Mathematics 7. situation comedy Write Blend for the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. gasoline + alcohol smoke + fog breakfast + lunch motor + hotel television + broadcast information + entertainment simultaneous + broadcast French + English Spanish + English Teleprinter + Exchange Modulator + Demodulator

Write Backformation for the following 1. Television , 2/ donation, 3. option, 4. emotion, 5. enthusiasm, 6. liaison, 7. babysitter, 8. editor, 9. sculptor, 10. burglars, 11. peddlers Coinage (Proper Names become common words)

Trade names become the common terms. Xerox, aspirin, nylon kleenex, teflon Borrowing The taking over of words from other languages. Throughout its history, the English language has adopted a vast number of loan-words from other languages, Examples for loan-words in English 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. alcohol - from Arabic boss - from Dutch Piano - Italian robot - Czech yogurt - Turkish zebra - Bantu

Conversion: A change in the function of a word is generally known as conversion. This same process is also called as category change and functional shift. Nouns are used as verbs: Ex. Paper, butter, bottle, vacation, can. White paper (n) He's papering the bedroom walls. Bread and butter. (n) Have you buttered the toast? Small bottle (n) We bottled the home-brew last night. Summer vacation They're vacationing in France. Verb becomes Noun I guessed the answer. (V) Good guess (N) you must go now (v) It is a must. He was accused of spying. He is a spy.