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word formation process
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Wed Oct 11 2000 at 20:37:21
Linguists
recognize several different
processes
by which new
word
s are formed; these include
zero derivation
stress shift
ablaut
stranded morphemes
affixation
compounding
clipping
acronym
ization
blend
ing
back-formation
onomatopoeia
suppletion
reduplication
borrowing
eponym
ization
coinage
folk etymology
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Back-formation
Coinage
zero derivation
folk etymology
borrowing
blend
Ablaut
affixation
Clipping
Reduplication
compounding
eponym
stress shift
Acronym
suppletion
onomatopoeia
word coinage
back formation
Words and Rules
semantic hijacking
compound
prat
Heraclitus' River
bound morpheme
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