shortening
- Created by: Luke Mitchell
- Created on: 20-01-13 11:54
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- Shortening
- Clipping
- when you drop one or more syllables to create an abbreviation e.g. demo from demonstration
- Initialism
- 1). this is where the first letter of a word stands for word itself e.g. "OTT" for over the top
- Acronyms
- initial letters of words combine to create new word e.g. NASA
- Back-formation
- 1). occurs when a word looks like it has been created by adding suffix to an existing word
- 2). suffix has been removed to create new term e.g. noun "baby-sitter" came before "baby-sit".
- Clipping
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