GEOG 2051 Chapter : Page 11
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Language patterns: our actual use of sounds in english shows patterns of assimilation and elision (as described in ch. 4). Assimilation: aspect of one sound is copied by another. New words added to the new words added to the. Coinage: usual sources are new products or concepts, commercial product names that became general terms for similar products in that. Loan translation or calque: direct translation of the elements of a word into the borrowing language. Spanish perros calientes means dogs hot. english superman from. Blending: combination of two separate forms to produce a single new term, typically uses the beginning of one word and the end of the other, breakfast/lunch = brunch, modulator/demodulator = modem smoke/fog = smog. Clipping: multisyllabic word is reduced to a shorter form: Telephone phone: names of people: ed, tom, sam, sue, mike, education: gym, lab, math, prof, australian and british english have hypocorisms. Word is reduced to one syllable then y or ie: barbie, telly, aussie.
