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Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves repeating a morpheme to create a new word?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves repeating a morpheme to create a new word?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves borrowing from other languages or blending separate words?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves borrowing from other languages or blending separate words?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves detaching a derivational affix from a word to create a new word?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves detaching a derivational affix from a word to create a new word?
Which of the following is a type of compound word that has a meaning created through cultural associations rather than the combination of the words?
Which of the following is a type of compound word that has a meaning created through cultural associations rather than the combination of the words?
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Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves shortening a word?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves shortening a word?
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Which of the following is a type of compound word that has the first word modifying or specifying the second word?
Which of the following is a type of compound word that has the first word modifying or specifying the second word?
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Which of the following is a new word formed from the name of a real or fictional person?
Which of the following is a new word formed from the name of a real or fictional person?
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Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves converting from one grammatical class to another without adding any affixes?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves converting from one grammatical class to another without adding any affixes?
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Which of the following is a new word created spontaneously by speakers or writers to meet a specific lexical need, with the expectation that they won't recur?
Which of the following is a new word created spontaneously by speakers or writers to meet a specific lexical need, with the expectation that they won't recur?
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Which word formation process involves repeating a morpheme to create a new word?
Which word formation process involves repeating a morpheme to create a new word?
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What is the term for new words created spontaneously by speakers or writers to meet a specific lexical need, with the expectation that they won't recur?
What is the term for new words created spontaneously by speakers or writers to meet a specific lexical need, with the expectation that they won't recur?
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What is the term for new words formed from the name of a real or fictional person?
What is the term for new words formed from the name of a real or fictional person?
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Which word formation process involves detaching a derivational affix from a word to create a new word?
Which word formation process involves detaching a derivational affix from a word to create a new word?
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What type of compounds have the meaning created through cultural associations?
What type of compounds have the meaning created through cultural associations?
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What word formation process involves combining separate words to create a new word?
What word formation process involves combining separate words to create a new word?
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What is the term for shortening words through clipping or truncation?
What is the term for shortening words through clipping or truncation?
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Which author coined the word 'nerd' to describe an 'insignificant, foolish, or socially inept person'?
Which author coined the word 'nerd' to describe an 'insignificant, foolish, or socially inept person'?
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What type of compounds have the meaning suggested by the combination of the words?
What type of compounds have the meaning suggested by the combination of the words?
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Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves combining separate words to create a new word?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves combining separate words to create a new word?
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Which of the following is a type of compound word that has the meaning suggested by the combination of the words?
Which of the following is a type of compound word that has the meaning suggested by the combination of the words?
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Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves shortening a word?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves shortening a word?
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Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves borrowing from other languages or blending separate words?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves borrowing from other languages or blending separate words?
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Which of the following is a new word created spontaneously by speakers or writers to meet a specific lexical need, with the expectation that they won't recur?
Which of the following is a new word created spontaneously by speakers or writers to meet a specific lexical need, with the expectation that they won't recur?
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Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves converting from one grammatical class to another without adding any affixes?
Which of the following is a process for creating new English words that involves converting from one grammatical class to another without adding any affixes?
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Which of the following is a new word formed from the name of a real or fictional person?
Which of the following is a new word formed from the name of a real or fictional person?
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Which of the following involves detaching a derivational affix from a word to create a new word?
Which of the following involves detaching a derivational affix from a word to create a new word?
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Which of the following is a type of compound word that has the first word modifying or specifying the second word?
Which of the following is a type of compound word that has the first word modifying or specifying the second word?
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Study Notes
Ways to Create New Words in English: Compounding and Other Processes
- Apart from affixation, new English words can be created through borrowing from other languages or blending separate words.
- Words can also be shortened through clipping or truncation, or converted from one grammatical class to another through zero-derivation.
- Back-formation involves detaching a derivational affix from a word to create a new word.
- Eponyms are new words formed from the name of a real or fictional person, such as "boycott" from Charles Boycott.
- Reduplication involves repeating a morpheme to create a new word, such as "no-no" or "tictac."
- Fully inventing new words is rare, as existing word formation processes are more commonly used and spread among the language community.
- Nonce words are new words created spontaneously by speakers or writers to meet a specific lexical need, with the expectation that they won't recur.
- Nonce formations have occasionally been adopted by the community and become neologisms.
- Dr. Seuss coined the word "nerd" to describe an "insignificant, foolish, or socially inept person," which has since become commonly used in English.
- Compounds are words built from more than one root and can include affixed forms and prepositions.
- English allows for various types of combinations of different word classes in compounds, such as noun-noun, adjective-noun, verb-noun, noun-verb, adjective-adjective, and preposition-verb.
- Compound words can be endocentric, with the meaning suggested by the combination of the words, or exocentric, with the meaning created through cultural associations.
Ways to Create New Words in English: Compounding and Other Processes
- Apart from affixation, new English words can be created through borrowing from other languages or blending separate words.
- Words can also be shortened through clipping or truncation, or converted from one grammatical class to another through zero-derivation.
- Back-formation involves detaching a derivational affix from a word to create a new word.
- Eponyms are new words formed from the name of a real or fictional person, such as "boycott" from Charles Boycott.
- Reduplication involves repeating a morpheme to create a new word, such as "no-no" or "tictac."
- Fully inventing new words is rare, as existing word formation processes are more commonly used and spread among the language community.
- Nonce words are new words created spontaneously by speakers or writers to meet a specific lexical need, with the expectation that they won't recur.
- Nonce formations have occasionally been adopted by the community and become neologisms.
- Dr. Seuss coined the word "nerd" to describe an "insignificant, foolish, or socially inept person," which has since become commonly used in English.
- Compounds are words built from more than one root and can include affixed forms and prepositions.
- English allows for various types of combinations of different word classes in compounds, such as noun-noun, adjective-noun, verb-noun, noun-verb, adjective-adjective, and preposition-verb.
- Compound words can be endocentric, with the meaning suggested by the combination of the words, or exocentric, with the meaning created through cultural associations.
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"Expand your vocabulary with our quiz on Ways to Create New Words in English! Learn about the different processes of word formation, from compounding to back-formation, and discover how words can be borrowed, blended, clipped, truncated, and converted. Test your knowledge on eponyms, reduplication, nonce formations, and more, and find out how Dr. Seuss contributed to modern English. Challenge yourself with questions on different types of compounds and their meanings, and understand the difference between end
