MODERN ENGLISH 1700 - Present Features: - Acronyms eg UCAS - Coinage - filling up a lexical gap with a new word. eg Grudge, Jazz - Borrowing - tomato, potato, spaghetti, curry - Affixation - (prefixes) IMmortal, OVERdone, SUBway, UNDERpants - Compounding - combined morphemes eg Microwave, internet - Blends eg Heliport, Brunch, Frenemy, Bromance - Clipping - shortening a word to make it easier to say eg quote, maths, dorm - Neologisms - new words eg hype, plonker, chatline (jan 1, 1700