Morphology Flashcards
Neologism
A newly coined word , expression or usage
Blends
words produced by using parts of 2 words to create a new one
Initialism
words made up of the begging letters in a sequence of words
Acronyms
words that are a result of using only the first letter of words and pronouncing the new world by the given letters
shortenings
shorting’s , referred to as reductions is the process in which you drop the endings of words.
compounding
creating new words by putting free morphemes together
Conversion
the process in which converting words from one class to another without adding suffix’s to the word
Contractions
Squeezing to words into one with the use of an apostrophe
Collocations
words to be frequently paired with one another
Borrowing
borrowing words form other languages
commonisation
The development of common, everyday words from words that began as proper nouns.
Archaism
words that are no longer used in everyday life