Yule Chapter 5

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• The study of the origin and history of a word Etymology
• The invention of totally new terms Coinage
• A new word in a language Neologism
• A word derived from the name of a person or place Eponym
• The process of taking words from other languages borrowing
• Two words put together. The last word usually decides word class Compounding
• Combination of parts of two seperate forms. Blending
• When a polysyllabic word is shortend Clipping
• When you shorten a word and add -ie or -y as a suffix. Barbie, Telly etc Hypocorism
• Member of one word class (usually nouns) is reduced to create a new word of a different word class. Edit from Editor Backformation
• A word becomes member of anther words class without any reductions. (To stand up-> a stand-up comedian) Conversion
• Using the initial letter of some or all of the words in a phrase or titel (PIN=Personal identification number) Acronym
• When adding affixes to words (pre-, su- and infixes) Derivation

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