Ôn LT Word Formation - Key

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1. The two halves of an exact reduplication are exactly the same, but there others in common parlance.

2. Ablaut reduplication refers to those words which change form when a vowel is shifted. Almost all these words use
an 'i' sound in the first part of the word and an 'a' or 'o' sound in the second part.
3. A morphological process in which the root or stem of a word (or part of it) or even the whole word is repeated
exactly or with a slight change is reduplication.
4. Removing the beginning of the word is fore-clipping (coon, cello)
5. A word is formed by combining 2 separate words with different meanings to form a new one is blending
6. Abbreviation known as “truncation” or “shortening” is clipping.
7. Totally the invention of new words is coinage.
8. C.O.D, VIP, DIY are acronyms pronounced as sequences of letters
9. chit-chat, hee-haw, zig-zag are ablaut reduplication.
10. A morphological process in which the root or stem of a word (or part of it) or even the whole word is repeated
exactly or with a slight change is reduplication
11. clap-trap, boy-toy, holey-moley are rhyming reduplication.
12. Words formed when two or more lexemes combine into a single new word; may be written as one word or as two
words joined with a hyphen. compounding
13. COBOL, UNESCO, VIP are acronyms
14. Combining 2 separated words with different meanings to form a new word is blending.
15. Affixation is the process by which an affix is added to a base to form a new word; it consists of two subclasses.
16. Process by which words in a language are borrowed from another is borrowing.
17. Compounding words are formed when two or more lexemes combine into a single new word; may be written as
one word or as two words joined with a hyphen.
18. Creating new words by shortening existing words, without changing the meaning: clipping
19. Flu, Fridge are middle clipping
20. Frisbee, Xerox, Covid-19 are examples of coinage.
21. Gas, Exam, Teen are back-clipping words.
22. Ice cream, Post office, hot dog are open compounding words.
23. In linguistics, clipping is the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts.
24. Inside, Mailbox, Sunflower are close compounding words.
25. Manimal, Bionic, Mansplaining are blend words.
26. A morphological process in which the root or stem of a word (or part of it) or even the whole word is repeated
exactly or with a slight change is reduplication
27. Unlike conversion, affixation involves a change of form.
28. Mosquito, Zebra, Broccoli, Opera are borrowing.
29. Combining 2 separated words with different meanings to form a new word is blending.
30. Mother-in-law, long-term, check-in are hyphenated compounding words.
31. NASA, COBOL are acronyms pronounced as a word.
32. Phone, Plane, Van are fore-clipping words.
33. poo-poo, yum-yum, rah-rah are exact reduplication.
34. Process by which words in a language are borrowed from another is borrowing.
35. Removing multiple parts from multiple words is complex-clipping (sci-fi, forex, midcult)
36. A word is formed by combining 2 separate words with different meanings to form a new one is blending
37. Removing the end of the word is back-clipping (lab, math)
38. Retaining only the middle of a word is middle-clipping (jammies, flu)
39. Sitcom, Cellphone, Grandma are complex clipping
40. The process of deriving words by removing what is thought to be a suffix from an already existing word is called
back-formation.
41. The two halves of rhyming reduplication are not exactly the same but rhyme with each other.
42. Abbreviation known as “truncation” or “shortening is clipping.
43. There are four ways to make a blend words.
44. Totally the invention of new words is coinage.
45. Words formed by taking individual letters-usually, but not always the initials- from multiple words and combining
them into a new word are acronyms.
46. Affixation is the process by which an affix is added to a base to form a new word; it consists of two subclasses.

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