LEXIS & LEXCOGRAPHY | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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Make a question to the following information: "Dictionary of Neologisms"

E.g. Could you give an example of a specialized dictionary?

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Give an example of professional term which has another meaning in basic vocabulary.

Free answer: e.g. "theatre" for "room for operations" in medicine

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lifesaver

Give 15 points!

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fairy

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rocket

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lifesaver

Give 20 points!

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seesaw

Swap points!

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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rocket

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thief

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Which sub-group of native vocabulary do the words "find" and "drink" belong to?

Germanic element

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When did English Proper element of the language start developing and why?

after V century AD: after invasion of Germanic tribes

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monster

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magnet

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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banana

Go to last place!

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Give two examples of Scandinavian borrowings.

Free answer: e.g. sky, they

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What are three main subtypes of colloquial vocabulary?

literary, familiar, low

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There are three types of assimilation of borrowed words:

phonetic, grammatical, and semantic

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What led to "dictionary wars" between N. Webster and J. Worcester?

N. Webster thought J. Worcester had used Webster's explanations for his dictionary.

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The biggest number of French words was borrowed in ... period.

Middle English

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Words are divided into derivatives, compounds, contracted words, converted words, etc. according to their ...

morphological structure

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What was special about Nathan Bailey's dictionary?

It explained the origin of words and was intended for philologists.

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When did Thomas Sheridan publish his "General Dictionary of the English Language"?

1780

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"A Dictionary of Euphemisms" is a ... dictionary (sub-type).

specialized

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