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Poetic words. This group of words stands between terms and arehaic words. 
They are close to terms because they are monosemantic and they are close to archaic 
words because they are out of use 
e.g. brow-forehead, steed- horse, behold-see, deem- think. 
The function of poetic words may be different when used in the text; it calls on 
a certain type of environment and mood. Sometimes these words are used to produce 
a satirical effect. In most cases poetic words are used in poetry. 
Archaic words. Archaic words are those which are not used now except for 
special purposes. Some of them are passing out of use, e.g. Thee-you, hath- has, 
methinks- it seems to me. Archaic words stand very close to historical words: names 
of ancient weapons, types of boats, carriages, musical instruments.

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E.g. Battering ram- an ancient machine for breaking walls, blunderbuss an 
old type of gun.
It is easy to find such words in the books of Walter Scott and other writers of 
that period or writers who describe the early period of the life of the English people.
We can find a number of archaic words in the style of official documents: 
aforesaid, hereby, therewith. These words are used here as terms and express the 
exact nation of certain phenomena. In many cases we have archaic words in poetry.
Barbarisms are words which came into the English vocabulary from other 
languages and have retained their spelling and pronunciation. In many cases they 
have English synonyms: bon mot- a clever witty saying, adieu- goodbye. These 
words are included into the English word-stock. There is another group of 
barbarisms- foreign words which doesn’t belong to the English vocabulary. It is very 
easy to recognize them in the text through the spelling and sometimes they are 
italicized: e.g. En being-well, tout document-slowly, being extends-of course, ales- 
come on. Many foreign words may function as terms, another function of barbarisms 
and foreign words is to create local colour. Many writers employ this device.
Neologisms or coinages appear when there is the need to 
express new ideas and notions. They are produced in accordance with the existing 
word- building models of the English language, mainly due to affixation, word 
compounding. When they are used in the written text they produce special stylistic 
effect. Their function may be different: to produce a humorous effect to make distinct 
the additional meaning.