ajajjajjaa nega mamacita

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coinage
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the invention of totally new terms
borrowing
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taking over words from another language
acronymy
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forming words from the initial letters of a set of other words
eponymy
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deriving words rom names of people or places
clipping
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reducing a word of more than one syllable to a shorter form
blending
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combining the parts of two different words
compounding
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combining two or more independant words
conversion
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shifting from one part of spech to another without changing the form of the word
affixation
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forming words by adding affixes to morpgemes
calque
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a direct translation of the elements of a word into borrowing language
backformation
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re, moving an affix or supposed affix and thus creating a new base foerm

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