types of word formation

Compounding

Formation of new lexemes from two or more stems

Endocentric

One element of the commune determines another bookcase

Exocentric

None of the elements determines the other pickpocket

Appositional

Both elements have meaning boyfriend

Affixation

Adding new morphemes

Conversion

Changing the category of words to butter

Coinage

Invention of new words zipper

Eponym

New words based on a person Farenheit

Clipping(shortening)

A word redacted to a syllable ad

Hypocorism

Word recited to a syllable and -y or -ie added movie

Borrowing

Taking words from other languages croissant

Loan translation/calque

Word where languages have the same meaning skyscrapper

blending

Two words put together to form a new meaning motel

Back formation

Rom noun to verb emote

Abbreviations

Acronyms

Internal modification

Sound replaced by sound find found

Suppletion

All sounds replaced go went