The Creation of Words

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A2 Level (Language Change) English Language A2 Fichas sobre The Creation of Words, creado por 08aliell el 17/10/2014.
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Loan Words Words taken from one language to be used in another (e.g. chocolate, pundit)
Eponym when a word is the name of the person who created the object (e.g. braille, sandwich)
Proprietary Names a product named specifically by a company, that then becomes the common name for the same or similar products (e.g. hoover, tampax)
Initialisation When each initial is pronounced to create a new word (e.g, CD, DVD)
Acronym a word made out of a phrase's initials
Clipping A new word produced by shortening an existing one
Blending when two words are blended together to make a new one (e.g. smog)
Compounding the combining of two separate words (e.g. size-zero, carbon-footprint)
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