Word Creation
Compare acronym formation, compounding, clipping and blending, then identify each process by checking whether it uses initials, whole words, one retained part or merged parts.
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Word Creation Processes and a Diagnostic Method
Compare acronym formation, compounding, clipping and blending, then identify each process by checking whether it uses initials, whole words, one retained part or merged parts.
Open article →Word Creation with Acronyms from Initial Letters
Learn how acronyms form new words from initial letters and study the complete mapped set: LASER, NATO, RADAR, SONAR, SCUBA and UDISE.
Open article →Word Creation by Joining Compound-Word Components
Understand how whole words combine to create a compound with a new meaning, using the complete mapped noun+noun inventory from headmaster to notebook.
Open article →Clipping: Creating Shorter Words from Longer Forms
Learn clipping as reduction to part of a longer word and study all nineteen mapped pairs, including ad, exam, gym, lab, memo, movie, photo, fridge, varsity and zoo.
Open article →Blending: Creating Words from Parts of Other Words
Learn how blends merge parts of two or more words and study the twelve mapped examples, including bit, brunch, camcorder, email, motel, newscast, smog and Spanglish.
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