1
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2 combined lexical morphemes
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Compounding
2
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Component of words
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Blending
3
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Invention of new terms
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Coinage
4
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New word based on person/place
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Eponym
5
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New word formed by using initial letters (has 2 types initialism and acronym)
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Abbreviation
6
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Cutting certain part of word to make another word (has 3 types)
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Clipping
7
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Particular type of reduction commonly used by Australian and British
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Hypocorism
8
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Word of one type reduced to become another type
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Backformation
9
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Change function without changing forms
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Conversion
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