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Lexical change processes Flashcards

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Compounding

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Joining words together (screen time/ heart rate)

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Blending

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Joining words together (brother + romance = bromance)

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Affixation

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Adding bound morpheme to a free morpheme Re(bound) Cycle (free)

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Backformation

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Shortening a word to have smaller singer parts (information = info)

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