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14 Cards in this Set
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Etymology
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Study of origin and history of a word
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Coinage
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* Making up new words
* Usually from a brand name * Least common way processes of word production * Nylon, Aspirin, |
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Borrowing
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* Taking over of words from foreign languages
* croissant, yogurt |
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Loan translation - calque
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* Special case of borrowing
* Ubermensch -> Superman |
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Compounding
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* Joining two separate words
* e.g. : doorknob, textbook |
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Blending
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* Taking beginning and end of two words and joining them
* e.g. : breakfast + lunch = brunch, motor + hotel = motel |
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Clipping
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* Word with more than one syllable is reduced to shorter form
* e.g. : advertisement -> ad, influenza -> flu |
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Backformation
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* A word of one type (noun) reduced to form a word of another type (verb)
* e.g. : television -> televise, babysitter -> baby sit, |
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Conversion
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* Change in the function of a word (noun -> verb)
* e.g. : butter, bottle * must -> a must, takeover -> a takeover * see through -> see through material, stand up -> stand up comedian * empty room -> empty the room * carpool, microwave |
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Acronym
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* words formed with initial letters
* LSD, CD, NATO, NASA |
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Derivation
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* using affixes to build new words
* most common process of word formation * unhappy, misrepresent, misjudge, joyful, careless |
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prefix
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* mislead
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suffix
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* foolishness
(two suffix) |
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infix
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unfuckingbeliveable
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