lexicalization

Question 1

acronym

Answer 1

initial letters and pronouncing as a word
- UNICEF, YOLO, SCUBA

Question 2

affixation

Answer 2

letters added to base word to form new word
- walking, walmartize

Question 3

backformation

Answer 3

creating a new word by removing affix
- donation -> donate

Question 4

blending

Answer 4

rom-com
glamping

Question 5

borrowing

Answer 5

adopting words from another language and adapting the phonology
- chocolate, ramen, kiosk

Question 6

clipping

Answer 6

shortening a multisyllabic word to form a new one
- lab from laboratory
- app from application

Question 7

coinage

Answer 7

creating a new word from scratch
- kleenex, kodak, teflon

Question 8

compounding

Answer 8

combining pre existing roots to form a new word
- ladybug
- piggybank

Question 9

conversion

Answer 9

assigning a preexisting word to a new syntactic category
- text (v) -> text (n)

Question 10

eponym

Answer 10

creating a word from a persons name

Question 11

idiom

Answer 11

a fixed expression where the meaning is conveyed thru the whole phrase not word for word

Question 12

initialism

Answer 12

initial letters but pronounced as letters not as a word
- S.A students association
- P.E.I

Question 13

sense extension

Answer 13

extending the meaning of one word to apply to another
- mouse, mouse

Question 14

stress change

Answer 14

meaning of word changed by moving stress
- to implant
- an implant

Question 15

toponym

Answer 15

creating a word from a place name
- cardigan (earl of cardigan)