Word Formation
by César Dani Chavarría
1. Etymology
1.1. The study of the origin of the word
2. Coinage
2.1. the invention of new terms
3. Borrowing
3.1. the taking over words in English
4. Compounding
4.1. there is a joining of two separate words to produce a single one
5. Bleding
5.1. the combination of two separate words in a single new term
6. Clipping
6.1. The element of reduction
7. Backformation
7.1. A very specialized type of reduction
8. Conversion
8.1. A change of the function word
9. Acronyms
9.1. Are new words formed from a initial letters of a set of others words.
10. Derivation
10.1. it is accomplished by means of new English words
11. Prefixes and suffixes
11.1. Prefixes: add at the beginning of the words. Suffixes: add at the end of the words
12. Kamhumu
12.1. A special version of in fixing
13. Multipli processes
13.1. Several word formation processes at the same time.
