Saturday, May 18, 2019
How new words are created in English
Knowing the relationships of sound and center of each word, we will be able to at a lower placestand how sunrise(prenominal) lyric poem are created in English. Basically, there are several ways that new words butt be created by inventing a new sound sequence and referring it to a meaning, by altering the meaning of an exist word without altering the pronunciation, or by modify or expanding the sound sequence of an existing word.The first way refers to acronyms, which are words formed from the initial letters of a phrase. For instance, IPA is the abbreviation of outside(a) Phonetic Alphabet, whereas others, such as NASA from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, are pronounced like words instead of a succession of letter names. Some acronyms are written lowercase, causing people to choke up their origins and becoming entire new independent words.For instance, radar derives from radio detecting and ranging. Also, parts of words are clip to become shorter for example, examination was shortened as exam, phone from telephone, and flu from influenza. Last, there are blends which are words made by combining syllables from different words. Examples are motel from the first syllable of motor plus the second syllable of hotel, infotainment from the first two syllables of knowledge plus the last two syllables of entertainment.Second, the meaning of a word may be generalized, for example, Kleenex is originally a brand name for facial tissue. But now it refers to facial tissue in general. Silhouette, now message dark outline being seen against light, was taken from the name of Etienne de Silhouette. Also, we can change the category of words, such as people, which is a noun mostly meaning the plural of person, can to a fault be a verb meaning dwell a place. Finally, there is the metaphorical extension of existing words, like to chew on an idea meaning to deliberate on it.Another way is to compound individual words. Two nouns, say, honey and moon, are j oined in concert to form the compound noun, honeymoon. The adjective mobile is joined with the noun phone to form the compound noun mobile phone. The preposition under is joined with wear to form the compound noun underwear. The verb play is joined with the noun ground to form the compound noun playground. As for all these compounds, the last word of each compound gives the collective meaning.New words are also formed by borrowing form other languages, and the words have been assimilated into English. For example, there are words from French, like brochure, from Japanese, like sushi, from German, like beer, and so on. Moreover, some words are created by onomatopoeia. Humans mime the sounds of nature and use these sounds as referents for the sources of sound, such as buzz, whiz.
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