Word Formation

1. Borrowing

1.1. the taking over words in English

2. Compounding

2.1. there is a joining of two separate words to produce a single one

3. Bleding

3.1. the combination of two separate words in a single new term

4. Backformation

4.1. A very specialized type of reduction

5. Acronyms

5.1. Are new words formed from a initial letters of a set of others words.

6. Prefixes and suffixes

6.1. Prefixes: add at the beginning of the words. Suffixes: add at the end of the words

7. Multipli processes

7.1. Several word formation processes at the same time.

8. Etymology

8.1. The study of the origin of the word

9. Coinage

9.1. the invention of new terms

10. Clipping

10.1. The element of reduction

11. Conversion

11.1. A change of the function word

12. Derivation

12.1. it is accomplished by means of new English words

13. Kamhumu

13.1. A special version of in fixing