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22. Combining forms
23. Back-formation
“…a kind of derivation in reverse, in which a supposed affix is removed from a word”. It is the process of forming a
new word (a neologism) by extracting actual or supposed affixes from another word; shortened words created from
longer words. Verb: back-form (itself a back-formation). Backformation is a form of shortening in which the omitted
material is or is perceived to be a formative, typically an affix. Itsomission produces a new form with a meaning related
to but distinct from that of the etymon. Backformation has been a surprisingly productive source of new words.”
Examples: baby-sit (babysitter), televise (television), emote (emotion), edit (editor), burgle (burglar), peeve (peevish),
diagnose (diagnosis)
24. Alphabetisms, initialisms, acronyms – types of shortening
Alphabetisms: An expression may be shortened to a sequence of letters pronounced as their names, as FM ‘frequency
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