Match List I with List II:

List I: Term	List II: Meaning
A. Portmanteau word	I. The study of the historical development of languages
B. Philology	II. Speech that sets up social contact and conveys feeling rather than ideas
C. Phatic language	III. A word formed by blending two or more words
D. Ghost (phantom) word	IV. A word that exists through the error of a scribe, printer or lexicographer

1. AA-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III
2. BA-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
3. CA-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
4. DA-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

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Correct answer: B. A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

Explanation

Carroll's 'slithy'; Malinowski's 'phatic communion'; 'dord' in Webster's 1934 dictionary.