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2. Word formation - Wikipedia

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   In linguistics, back-formation is the process of forming a new word by removing actual affixes, or parts of the word that is re-analyzed as an affix, from other words to create a base. [5] Examples include: The process is motivated by analogy: edit is to editor as act is to actor. This process leads to a lot of denominal verbs.

3. List of English back-formations - Wikipedia

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   babysit from babysitter[2][4] back-form from back-formation. bartend from bartender[5] beg from beggar[dubious – discuss] benefact from benefactor (and also the derived benefactee, cf. benefactor) berserk from berserker. bibliograph from bibliography. bicep from biceps (non-standard) [2] biograph from biography.

4. Morphology (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   The generation of the English plural dogs from dog is an inflectional rule, and compound phrases and words like dog catcher or dishwasher are examples of word formation. Informally, word formation rules form "new" words (more accurately, new lexemes), and inflection rules yield variant forms of the "same" word (lexeme). The distinction between ...

5. Neologism - Wikipedia

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   Neologisms are often formed by combining existing words (see compound noun and adjective) or by giving words new and unique suffixes or prefixes. [10] Neologisms can also be formed by blending words, for example, "brunch" is a blend of the words "breakfast" and "lunch", or through abbreviation or acronym, by intentionally rhyming with existing words or simply through playing with sounds.

6. Semantic change - Wikipedia

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   Semantic change (also semantic shift, semantic progression, semantic development, or semantic drift) is a form of language change regarding the evolution of word usage —usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from the original usage. In diachronic (or historical) linguistics, semantic change is a change in one of ...

7. Morphological derivation - Wikipedia

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   Morphological derivation. Morphological derivation, in linguistics, is the process of forming a new word from an existing word, often by adding a prefix or suffix, such as un- or -ness. For example, unhappy and happiness derive from the root word happy. It is differentiated from inflection, which is the modification of a word to form different ...