Morphological Processes

Ways in which words are formed and modified.

  • Linguistics
  • 21 entries
  • 7 sections
  • CC0 — public domain

The data

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Process
Inflection
Description
Changing word form to express grammatical features.
Example
walk -> walked

1

Process
Derivation
Description
Creating a new word with a different meaning or category.
Example
teach -> teacher

2

Process
Compounding
Description
Combining two or more words.
Example
blackboard

3

Process
Reduplication
Description
Repeating all or part of a word.
Example
goosebumps? no, bye-bye

4

Process
Clipping
Description
Shortening a word without changing meaning.
Example
advertisement -> ad

5

Process
Blending
Description
Combining parts of two words.
Example
breakfast + lunch -> brunch

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Process
Acronym
Description
Forming a word from initial letters.
Example
NASA

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Topics

  • linguistics
  • morphology
  • words