English for Today

  5. CLIPPING: It refers to the shortening of a polysyllabic word to a one or two-syllable word. The reduced ... Read More

4. Borrowing: This has to do with taking new words from other languages. English has borrowed from so many languages ... Read More

  2. Backformation: This process involves subtraction or reduction of a word to form another word of a different word ... Read More

This is concerned with the study of the patterns on which a language forms new words. Like every other language, ... Read More