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The Creation of Words 2.0
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- 1Loan Wordswords taken from one language for use in another (e.g. chocolate, restaurant, pundit) anglicised or not
- 2Eponymwhen a word is also the name of the objects creator (e.g. Braille, Sandwich)
- 3Acronyma word made out of initial letters of a phrase
- 4Initialismswords created when each initial of a phrase is individually pronounced (CD, DVD, VCR)
- 5Clippingthe creation of a new word through the shortening of another (e.g. advert, telly)
- 6Conversionwhen a word takes on another class, like text is now both a noun and a verb, as is Google
- 7Compoundthe combining of two words to create a new word (e.g. size-zero, carbon-footprint)
- 8Blendingwhen components of two words are put together to create another (e.g. smog)
- 9Proprietary Namesa name of one specific product becomes the colloquial name for all similar products (e.g tampax, hoover)
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- A2 Level English Language A2 (Language Change) Flashcards on The Creation of Words 2.0, created by 08aliell on 16/06/2015.
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