Karteikarten
The Creation of Words
Karten in diesem Stapel (8)
- 1Loan WordsWords taken from one language to be used in another (e.g. chocolate, pundit)
- 2Eponymwhen a word is the name of the person who created the object (e.g. braille, sandwich)
- 3Proprietary Namesa product named specifically by a company, that then becomes the common name for the same or similar products (e.g. hoover, tampax)
- 4InitialisationWhen each initial is pronounced to create a new word (e.g, CD, DVD)
- 5Acronyma word made out of a phrase's initials
- 6ClippingA new word produced by shortening an existing one
- 7Blendingwhen two words are blended together to make a new one (e.g. smog)
- 8Compoundingthe combining of two separate words (e.g. size-zero, carbon-footprint)
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- A2 Level English Language A2 (Language Change) Karteikarten am The Creation of Words, erstellt von 08aliell am 17/10/2014.
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