Structure of English · Topic 4 · 4 of 8
Word formation: how English makes new words
Derivation, compounding, blending, clipping, acronyms and initialisms, back-formation, conversion, coinage, borrowing, calques, eponyms and reduplication, with examples from Philippine English.
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