A longer word is reduced to a single syllable, then -y or -ie is added to the end (television= telly).
Hypocorisms A particular type of reduction, favored in Australia and British English. Clipping When a word of more than one syllable (facsimile) is reduced to a shorter form (fax), usually beginning in casual speech. Blending The beginning of one word is joined to the end of another word: e.g. Compounding A joining of two separate words to produce a single form, which is very common in English and German and in totally unrelated languages. A special type of borrowing is Loan- translation (calque), a direct translation of the elements of a word into the borrowing language. Borrowing The most common source of new words is the process of taking over words from other languages. On the contrary the constant evolution of new words and their use is a sign of vitality and creativeness. They were meant as barbaric misuses of the language. There are many different ways in which neologisms can enter the language. Etymology The story of the origin and history of a word. The ability to create and accept neologisms depends on the regularity in the word-formation processes in a language. Scarica The Study of Language - George Yule _ Seventh Edition e più Sintesi del corso in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! YULE - THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE SUMMARY (CHAPTERS FORISL1) CHAPTER 5 - WORD FORMATION Neologisms It's a new word and its different forms.
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