Yule Chapter 5

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Normally, all words in an exercise is used when performing the test and playing the games. You can choose to include only a subset of the words. This setting affects both the regular test, the games, and the printable tests.

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  • The study of the origin and history of a word Etymology
  • The invention of totally new terms Coinage
  • A new word in a language Neologism
  • A word derived from the name of a person or place Eponym
  • The process of taking words from other languages borrowing
  • Two words put together. The last word usually decides word class Compounding
  • Combination of parts of two seperate forms. Blending
  • When a polysyllabic word is shortend Clipping
  • When you shorten a word and add -ie or -y as a suffix. Barbie, Telly etc Hypocorism
  • Member of one word class (usually nouns) is reduced to create a new word of a different word class. Edit from Editor Backformation
  • A word becomes member of anther words class without any reductions. (To stand up-> a stand-up comedian) Conversion
  • Using the initial letter of some or all of the words in a phrase or titel (PIN=Personal identification number) Acronym
  • When adding affixes to words (pre-, su- and infixes) Derivation

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