Transcript Lexical Creation

Lexical
Creation
Coinage
Neologism
Nonce word
The
Renaissance
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
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1990s
Compounding
Combining existing words to
form new words.
handbag
on-line
flowerpot
Proper Names
Name of product becomes
synonymous with product itself.
Hoover
Selotape
Blu-tak
Clipping/reduction
New word formed by shortening
other word. Not abbreviation!
ad - advert
fridge
flu
plane
Acronyming
Phrase is replaced by a word based
upon first letters of its words.
Word acronym
Spelling acronym
LASER
PR
SCUBA
PC
Conversion
Changing of word class to form
new word.
wand (noun)
lip (noun)
to wand (verb)
to lip (verb)
‘to kiss’ Othello, Shakespeare
Blending
New word formed by fusing elements
of other words.
brunch
motel
sitcom
Borrowing
Taking a new word from another language.
disco
karaoke
Invention
When a new word is completed invented.
geek
yuck
quiz
Backformation
New word formed by removing an
imagined affix.
televise
babysit
edit
babysitter
editor