Word formation
Creation of new lexemes or the process of changing words / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the geological formation, see Word Formation. For the study of the origin and historical development of words, see Etymology.
In linguistics, word formation is an ambiguous term[1] that can refer to either:
- the processes through which words can change[2] (i.e. morphology), or
- the creation of new lexemes in a particular language