Morphology Flashcards

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Neologism

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A newly coined word , expression or usage

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2
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Blends

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words produced by using parts of 2 words to create a new one

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3
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Initialism

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words made up of the begging letters in a sequence of words

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4
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Acronyms

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words that are a result of using only the first letter of words and pronouncing the new world by the given letters

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5
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shortenings

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shorting’s , referred to as reductions is the process in which you drop the endings of words.

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6
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compounding

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creating new words by putting free morphemes together

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7
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Conversion

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the process in which converting words from one class to another without adding suffix’s to the word

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8
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Contractions

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Squeezing to words into one with the use of an apostrophe

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9
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Collocations

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words to be frequently paired with one another

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10
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Borrowing

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borrowing words form other languages

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11
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commonisation

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The development of common, everyday words from words that began as proper nouns.

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12
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Archaism

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words that are no longer used in everyday life

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