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studies the origin and development of words
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new word that enters the language
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invention of a completely new word (aspirin, nylon, zipper, teflon)
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a word built from the name of a person/place (sandwich, jeans, volt)
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taking words from another language (auto, weekend, pretzel)
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directly translated words (sky-scraper)
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putting 2 words together (doorknob, bookcase)
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taking parts of the words and combining them (smoke+fog=smog, breakfast+lunch=brunch)
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reducing words to a single sylab (gasoline=gas)
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making a softer version of a word by adding -y or -ie (Liz, Lizzy)
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making a new word by removing the ending of a word (babysitter=babysit)
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conversion (functional shift) inizia ad imparare
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a word changes it's grammatical category without changing it's form
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words formed from the initial first letters of words (CD, NASA)
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adding small meaningful elements to words. 1. prefixes, 2. infixes, 3. suffixes
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a word comes from multiple Word formation processes (snow, snowball, snowballing)
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