Lexical Creation

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• Lexical Creation

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Coinage

• Neologism

Nonce word
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The Renaissance
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1940s
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• 1950s

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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
www.randomhouse.com/ words/newwords/
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Compounding

• Combining existing words to form new words.

handbag
flowerpot
on-line
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Proper Names

• Name of product becomes synonymous with product
  itself.

Hoover
Blu-tak
Selotape
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Clipping/reduction

• New word formed by shortening other word. Not
  abbreviation!

flu
ad - advert
fridge
plane
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Acronyming

• Phrase is replaced by a word based upon first
  letters of its words.

Word acronym
Spelling acronym
LASER
PR
SCUBA
PC
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Conversion

• Changing of word class to form new word.

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Blending

• New word formed by fusing elements of other words.

brunch
motel
sitcom
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Borrowing

• Taking a new word from another language.

disco
karaoke
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Invention

• When a new word is completed invented.

geek
quiz
yuck
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Backformation

• New word formed by removing an imagined affix.

televise