Word formation-kayce english

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Word formation

Creating entirely new words .

Etymology

Clipping

Acronym

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Kayce Joy L. Saliendrez

Etymology

is the study of the history of words, their

origins, and how their form

and meaning have changed over time.

By an extension, the term "etymology (of

a word)" means the origin of a particular

word.

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Etymologists apply a number of methods to

study the origins of words, some of which are:

Philological research. Changes in the

form and meaning of the word can be

traced with the aid of older texts, if such

are available.

Making use of dialectological data. The

form or meaning of the word might show

variations between dialects, which may

yield clues about its earlier history.

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The comparative method. By a systematic comparison of related languages, etymologists may often be able to detect which words derive from their common ancestor language and which were instead later borrowed from another language.

The study of semantic change. Etymologists must often make hypotheses about changes in the meaning of particular words. Such hypotheses are tested against the general knowledge of semantic shifts. For example, the assumption of a particular change of meaning may be substantiated by showing the same type of change has occurred in other language .

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What's the Difference Between a Definition

and an Etymology?

A definition tells us what a word means

and how it's used in our own time.

An etymology tells us where a word came

from (often, but not always, from another

language) and what it used to mean.

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Example :

the definition of the word disaster is "an

occurrence causing widespread

destruction and distress; a catastrophe" or

"a grave misfortune." But the etymology of

the word disaster takes us back to a time

when people commonly blamed great

misfortunes on the influence of the stars.

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Is the Etymology of a Word Its True Definition?

Not at all, though people sometimes try to

make this argument. The

word etymology is derived from the Greek

word etymon, which means "the true

sense of a word." But in fact the original

meaning of a word is often different from

its contemporary definition.

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Example:

Salary

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Clipping

In morphology, a word formed by

dropping one or more syllables from a

polysyllabic word

A part of a word which serves for the

whole

such as cell from cellular phone

Indie(independent),exam(examination)

Flu(influenza) fax(facsimile).

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Types of Clipping Back clipping

Back clipping is the most common type, in

which the beginning is retained. The

unclipped original may be either a simple

or a composite.

Examples:

ad (advertisement), cable (cablegram),

doc(doctor), exam (examination), fax (facs

imile), gas (gasoline), gym (gymnastics,

gymnasium), memo (memorandum), mutt (

muttonhead), pub (public

house), pop (popular music).

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Types of Clipping Fore-clipping

Fore-clipping retains the final part.

Example:

chute (parachute), coon (raccoon), gator

(alligator), phone (telephone), pike (turn

pike), varsity (university).

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Types of Clipping Middle clipping

the middle of the word is retained.

Example:

flu (influenza), jams or jammies (pajamas/

pyjamas), polly (apollinaris), shrink (head-

shrinker), tec (detective).

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Types of Clipping Complex clipping

One part of the original compound most

often remains intact.

Examples are:

cablegram (cable telegram), op

art (optical art), org-man (organization

man), linocut (linoleum cut).

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Types of Clipping

Sometimes both halves of a compound

are clipped as

in navicert (navigation certificate)

bodbiz, Chicom, Comsymp, Intelsat,

midcult, pro-am, photo op, sci-fi, and

sitcssom are all compounds made of

clippings.

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