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1
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Invention

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words created from no existing morphemes or phonestheme

2
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Compounding words

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words formed by the joining of two or more free morphemes into a single word

3
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Derivation

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forming of new words by combining derivational affixes or bound bases with existing words

4
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blending (portmanteau words)

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combining two or more parts from two or more existing words

5
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Clip formations

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elimination part of a word

6
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Backformation

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forming a new word form an existing one, usually verb from a noun, nearly always changing the part of speech

7
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Echoism (onomatopoeia)

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words in which the sounds suggest meaning

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Reduplication

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word with repeating sounds or syllables

9
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Functional Shift

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the use of the same word as more than one part of speech

10
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Antonomasia (commonization)

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words derived from proper names

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Folk etymology (malapropism, Archie Bunker-ism)

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using a word in an improper way because of association with a known word or situation, often creating a new word ex: Hearing a song and misunderstanding a word, mishearing something and then creating a new word.

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Generalization

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giving a more general meaning to a narrow term ex: go- to go by any means of transportation when it once meant to walk, starve- now means to die of hunger, once meant to die

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Specialization

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narrowing the meaning of a word

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Pejoration

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giving a derogatory meaning to a word ex: fool used to mean court jester, and now it means idiot.

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Amelioration

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a once uncomplimentary word now has a more positive meaning. ex: bomb: they dropped a bomb vs. you’re the bomb- wicked: evil vs. cool

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Euphemism

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substitution of a more pleasant phrase for something unpleasant

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Trade Name

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using the name of a particular product to refer to and item. ex: coke for soda, Kleenex for tissue, xerox for copy

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Phonesthemes

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sound combinations that has come to have meaning, units of sound that seem to have meaning but are not true morphemes: fly, flip, flow; glisten, glow, glitter

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homogrpahs

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words that look alike but have different sounds and meanings: wind a clock, the wind blows; write a resume, resume a project

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homophone

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words that sound the same but have different meanings: two, to, too