Clipping (morphology)
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In linguistics, clipping is the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts (Marchand: 1969). Clipping is also known as "truncation" or "shortening".
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- Abbreviation
- Clipping (phonetics)
- Compound (linguistics)
- Contraction (grammar)
- Diminutive
- Hypocoristic
- Nickname
- Portmanteau
- Relaxed pronunciation
- Syncope
- Word formation
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