Word Formation Processes Flashcards

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Acronym

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Words formed with initials of other words that can be said as a word e.g. LOL

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Initialism

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Words formed from initials of other words and you can say it’s a letter .e.g. WTF

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Compounding

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To free morphine combined to make one word e.g. holiday

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Affixation

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Two or more bound morphemes are combined to make one word e.g.iPad

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Blends

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A blend of two words example cankle

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