Word Coinage

Word Coinage

English Word Coinage

English Word Coinage

1.

1.

Compounds

Compounds

2.

2.

Acronyms

Acronyms

3.

3.

Back-

Back-

formations

formations

4.

4.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations

5.

5.

Eponyms

Eponyms

6.

6.

Blends

Blends

1. Compounds

1. Compounds



Definition: Two or more
words joined together
to form a new word.



Examples:



Home + work 

homework



Pick + pocket 

pickpocket

Note: The meaning of a compound is
not always the sum of the meanings of
its parts.



cathouse 



Coconut oil

 oil made from

coconuts.



Olive oil

 oil made from olives.

NOT oil made from
babies

oil for babies



Baby oil



a house where men
visit prostitutes



blue-movies





blue-chip 



go-go


2. Acronyms

2. Acronyms



Definition: Words derived from the

initials of several words



Examples:



severe acute respiratory syndrome
 SARS



Self-contained underwater breathing

apparatus
 SCUBA

Other examples of Acronyms:

a)

SQL

b)

FYI

c)

TGIF

d)

a.k.a.

e)

Html

f)

www

g)

SWOT

a)

Structured query language

b)

For Your Information

c)

Thanks God It’s Friday

d)

also known as

e)

Hypertext mark-up
language

f)

World wide web



Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats

3. Back-formations

3. Back-formations



Definition: Creative
reduction due to incorrect
morphological analysis.



Examples:



editor (1649)
 edit (1791)



television (1907)
 televise (1927)

4. Abbreviations (Clipping)

4. Abbreviations (Clipping)



Definition: A word which is clipped



Examples:



Facsimile  fax



Hamburger

 burger



Gasoline





Advertisement 



Omnibus



Gas
Ad
Bus

5. Eponyms

5. Eponyms



Definition: Words
derived from proper
names or things.



Examples:



Sandwich



Celcius

6. Blends

6. Blends



Definition: Similar to
compounds, but parts of
the words are deleted.



Examples:



Motor + hotel  Motel



Breakfast + lunch  Brunch



Wireless + Fidelity  Wi-Fi

Is this a blend?

Case Study: Blends or Compunds



‘Wild-haired revolutionaries like Che

Guevara have been replaced by clean-cut

metrosexual icons like soccer star David

Beckham and musician Ricky Martin.’

(cbsnews.com, 25th November 2003).



‘No botox for the Retrosexual. No $1,000

haircuts. The retrosexual man eats red

meat heartily and at times kills it

himself.’ (The Washington Dispatch, 2nd

May 2004).

Complete the process and
Identify the type of word coinage:

1. automation



2. information, entertainment



3. modulator, demodulator 
4. Greek, god



5. International, police 
6. influenza



7. delicatessen 
8. Capt. Charles Cunningham

Boycott



Automate
Infotainmen

t 

Modem



Greek-god



Interpol



Flu



Deli 
Boycott



Backforma

tion

Blend
Blend
Compoun

d

Blend
Clipping
Clipping
Eponym

Group Assignment:
One group should consist of 8 – 10 students.
The assignments must be collected today at

13.00.

•

Write six examples of compounds. Write

the definition.

•

Write five examples of acronyms, and

what they stand for.

•

Write four examples of clipping, and the

original words.

•

Write three examples of blends. Write the

definitions and what they are composed

of.

(You may combine examples taken from

English or Indonesian)

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