Match the definition to the word. 1. a system of spelling connotation 2. association or suggestion cognate 3. the process of word gaining a negative meaning conjugation 4. related or analogous specialization 5. the smallest unit of semantic or grammatical meaning morpheme 6. restricting in meaning orthography 7. history of a word etymology 8. inflection of verbs pejoration

The terms matched with the correction definitions are listed below.

1.) Inflection - ending denoting grammatical function

2.) Affix - morpheme added to a base

3.) declension - noun inflections

4.) generalization-broadening a meaning

5.) pejoration - gaining a negative meaning

6.) etymology-word derivation

7.) syntax - relations to sentence parts

8.) conjugation - verb inflections

9.) specialization-narrowing in meaning

10.) amelioration - gaining a positive connotation

1. A system of spelling - - - Orthography

2. Association or suggestion - - - Specialization

3. The process of word gaining a negative meaning - - - Pejoration

4. Related or analogous - - - Cognate

5. The smallest unit of semantic or grammatical meaning - - - Morpheme

6. Restricting in meaning - - - Connotation

7. History of a word - - - Etymology

8. Inflection of verbs - - - Conjugation

Explanation:

1 - Orthography is the set of rules and conventions that govern the usual writing system established for a standard language.

2 - The specialization is a consequence of the linguistic change. Specialization is a process that reduces the variety of formal choices to express a certain meaning.

3 - Pejorative or derogatory is the use of language with a negative purpose for what is designated.

4 - In historical linguistics, those terms with the same etymological origin are called cognates.

5 - In linguistic morphology, a morpheme is an independent moneme, that is, a minimal fragment capable of expressing a meaning, and that together with a lexeme modifies its definition.

6 - Connotations usually come to be the distinctive contextual meanings of certain cultural teachings, which when used by the issuers, are communicated by use in connotative action.

7 - Etymology is the study of the origin of individual words, their chronology, their incorporation into a language, as well as the source and details of their changes in form and meaning.

8 - Verbal conjugation or verbal flexion is the set of forms of a verb according to the categories of person, number, time, aspect, mode, voice, etc.