English Prof Flashcards
Process of science and technology. Borrowing from other language.
Loan words
mixed up from other language
CREOLE
Loan words pass into English vocab via wars, invasion , conquest
HISTORICAL
Poetry needs creation.
CULTURAL
Culture and thereupon absorb words in more economically and politically weak situation.
SOCIAL
to avoid loan words.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
2 words , one new word
Compounding
Root, stem is repeated
Reduplication
Affix is added
Affixation
new word without any external change
Conversion
formation by changing form or adding affixes
derivation
REMOVAL OF AFFIX
Back formation
shortening of longer word
clipping
combining words into one by blended or overlapping
Blending
first letter, ACRONYM
Initialism
Invention of totally new words
Coinage
wishy washy, pitter-patter, hanky panky
reduplication
greenhouse, birdcage, tooltip, doorknob
compounding
befriend, unhappy
affixation