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compounding:Two or more words joined together to form a new word.
clipping:Shortening a polysyllabic word by deleting one or more syllables
blending:taking only parts of words and joining them.
back formation:a process in which a word changes its form and function.
conversion:Assigning an already existing word to a new syntactic category.
acronymy:Deriving words from the initials of several words
coinage:Deriving words from proper names or things. These words are called eponyms
borrowing:taking a word from one language and incorporating it into another
Across:2. | Assigning an already existing word to a new syntactic category. | 5. | Deriving words from proper names or things. These words are called eponyms | 6. | a process in which a word changes its form and function. | 7. | taking only parts of words and joining them. |
| | Down:1. | Two or more words joined together to form a new word. | 2. | Shortening a polysyllabic word by deleting one or more syllables | 3. | Deriving words from the initials of several words | 4. | taking a word from one language and incorporating it into another |
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Across:2. | Assigning an already existing word to a new syntactic category. | 5. | Deriving words from proper names or things. These words are called eponyms | 6. | a process in which a word changes its form and function. | 7. | taking only parts of words and joining them. |
| | Down:1. | Two or more words joined together to form a new word. | 2. | Shortening a polysyllabic word by deleting one or more syllables | 3. | Deriving words from the initials of several words | 4. | taking a word from one language and incorporating it into another |
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