Types of word formations
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- Types of word formation
- Compound
- A word made up of or consisting several parts of other words
- Blend
- The process by which a word from one language is adapted for use in another
- Affixation
- A morphological process whereby a bound morpheme, an affix, is attached to a morphological base,
- Initialism
- An abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately
- Acronym
- Formed from the initial components in a word or phrase, usually individual letters or syllables, and is pronounced as a word
- Coinage
- The act of creating a new word
- Compound
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