Glossary: Chapter 3

A special type of shortening which takes the first sound from each of several words and makes a new word from those initial sounds.

Creation of a new word by removal of a suffix.

A word formation process in which parts of two familiar words are yoked together (usually the first part of one word and the second part of the other) to produce a word which combines the meanings and sound of the old ones.

A way of shortening words or phrases by clipping off some part of a word and throwing away the rest.

Creation of a new word witout basing it on some pre-existing word or part of a word.

A word that consists of more than one root morpheme.

A word formation process in which a word is assigned to a new word class without any change in form.

A special case of conversion which preserves the sounds, but changes the stress.

A new word based on a name.

An abbreviation where each letter is pronounced individually.