prefixation.

conversion.

backformation.

clipping.

a clipping and an acronym.

aphetic forms.

clippings.

acronyms.

conversion.

aphesis.

backformation.

acronym.

blending.

aphesis.

backformation.

clipping.

pronounced as individual lexical items.

pronounced with the omission of the initial syllable.

pronounced with the names of the letters of the alphabet.

pronounced with the stress on the first initial.

prefixes.

suffixes.

infixes.

free morphemes.

adverbalizers.

verbalizers.

adjectivizers.

nominalizers.

a verbalizer.

an adjectivizer.

an adverbalizer.

a nominalizer.

always change the word class of the item they are added to.

never change the word class of the item they are added to.

rarely occur in combination with inflectional affixes.

can change the word class of the item they are added to.

the invention of an entirely new root morpheme; it is rare.

the building of a word that has a close relationship with previously existing words; it is rare.

the invention of an entirely new root morpheme; it is frequent.

the building of a word that has a close relationship with previously existing words; it is frequent.