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The process of forming a word by putting words or part of two words together.
clipping
acronymy
blending
componding
folk etymology
The process of putting together two or three words to form a new word with a meaning different from its parts.
clipping
acronymy
blending
componding
folk etymology
The process by which a word is formed from the initial letters syllables of several words in succession.
clipping
acronymy
blending
componding
folk etymology
A very common process of word formation done by cutting off the beginning or ending of a word.
clipping
acronymy
blending
componding
folk etymology
The process used to change a word in a part or in whole to make it more like a familiar word.
clipping
acronymy
blending
componding
folk etymology
The process used when we simply call the telephone a phone or a photograph a photo.
clipping
acronymy
blending
componding
folk etymology
Eurasian, which comes from the words Europe and Asia is an example of this process.
clipping
acronymy
blending
componding
folk etymology
DepEd, from Department of Education, is an example of this process of reformation.
clipping
acronymy
blending
componding
folk etymology
The process of referring to the World Health Organization simply as WHO.
clipping
acronymy
blending
componding
folk etymology
Calling a meal that is too late for breakfast but too early for lunch as brunch is an example of this process.
clipping
acronymy
blending
componding
folk etymology
Determine the word formation of the given word:
trigo
clipping
blending
eponym
componding
Determine the word formation of the given word:
ID
acronym
initialism
eponym
componding
Determine the word formation of the given word:
Medicare
blending
initialism
eponym
componding
Determine the word formation of the given word:
warm-up
blending
initialism
eponym
componding
Determine the word formation of the given word:
cosmonaut
blending
initialism
eponym
componding
Determine the word formation of the given word:
Caesarian
blending
folk etymology
eponym
clipping
The creation of a word by imitation of the sound it is supposed to make.
coinage
onomatopeia
eponym
sounding
It is an abstract representation of an element meaning in language.
allophone
allomorph
phoneme
morpheme
Which is the allophone of the s in the word dog(s)?
/z/
/əz/
/s/
/is/
Which is the phonetic realization of the allophone IN in the word input?
/ɪnpʊt/
/ɪmpʊt/
/ɪŋpʊt
