LINGUISTICS
1.	Intro to Language	2.	Intro to Linguistics
3.	Phonetics	4.	Phonology
5.	Morphology	6.	Syntax
7.	Semantics	8.	Pragmatics
9.	Stylistics	10.	Applied Linguistics
11.	Socio-Linguistics	12.	Psycho-Linguistics
13.	Discourse Analysis	14.	Corpus

The omission or deletion of some sound from a word is known as:

A. Consonant Cluster
B. Elision
C. Assimilation
D. Syllable

B. Elision

When the name of a company becomes the name of its product, it is called:

A. Coinage
B. Calques
C. Blending
D. Compounding

A. Coinage

When one part of a word is joined with other part of other word, we get a new worD. This process is known as:

A. Coinage
B. Calques
C. Blending
D. Compounding

C. Blending

When one part of a word is joined with other part of other word, we get a new worD. Such type of words in linguistics terminology are called:

A. Acronyms
B. Portmanteau
C. Palindrome
D. Slang

B. Portmanteau

A word, phrase or sentence having same sequence of alphabet from left to right and right to left( for example, madam, nurses run) are called

A. Acronyms
B. Portmanteau
C. Palindrome
D. Slang

C. Palindrome

If a word of more than one syllable is reduced to a shorten form ( for example; laboratory to lab, gasoline to gas, advertisement to ad) this process will be termed as?

A. Compounding
B. Clipping
C. Hypocorism
D. Conversion

B. Clipping

If a long word is reduced to single syllable and then “y” or “ie” is added to end to make new words (example handkerchief tohankie, and breakfast to breaky) the process is called

A. Compounding
B. Clipping
C. Hypocorism
D. Conversion

C. Hypocorism

A change in the function of a word, when a noun is used as verb or a verb is used as a noun it is called:

A. Compounding
B. Clipping
C. Hypocorism
D. Conversion

D. Conversion

NASA, NATO, UNESCO are the example of?

A. Abbreviations
B. Acronyms
C. Compounding
D. Mixing

B. Acronyms

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