Topic : Shortening
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Introduction
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1. Definition: a way of word-formation when part of the original word or
word group is taken away
2. Characteristic
A new word:
- Newly shortened words appear continuously ( demodemonstration; dub- double; fridge- refrigerator; mikemicrophone,…)
- Shortening of spoken words or curtailment consists in the
reduction of a word to one its parts
- Be capable of being used as a free shortening may be regarded as a
type of root creation
- Can take functional affixes .Ex
- may serve as basis for further word-formation by derivation and
composition. Ex
- Differs from the original word stylistically or
emotionally,characteristic of colloquial speech. Ex
3. Classification
- Clipping :dropping a part of a word
+ Final clipping
+ Initial clipping
+ Complex clipping
+ Medial clipping
- Abbreviation: An abbreviation is a shortened form of a written
word or phrase used in a text in place of the whole
+ Some ways to abbreviattion : Omitting some letters from one or
more part of the whole , Altering part/ some parts retained,
Doubling of initial letters show some plural forms, Latin-based
abbreviations
+ Types of abbreviation: acronym, initialism,
- Blending:
+ Definition
+ Classification : Additive, Restrictive
+ Function of blend
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+ The blend trend
Conclusion