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Morphology

Word formation processes: Ways of creating new words in English

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Linguists recognize several different processes by which new words are formed; these include
  1. Affixation
  2. Compounding
  3. Zero derivation
  4. Stress shift
  5. Clipping
  6. Acronym formation
  7. Blending
  8. Backformation
  9. Adoption of brand names as common words
  10. Onomatopoeia
  11. Borrowing

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