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问题		答案
Invention of totally new terms 开始学习		coinage
new words based on the name of a person or a place 开始学习		eponym
The taking over of words from other languages 开始学习		borrowing
a joining of two separate words to produce a single form 开始学习		compounding
The combination of two separate forms to produce a single new term 开始学习		blending
a word of more than one syllable is reduced to a shorter form 开始学习		clipping
A word of one type (usually a noun) is reduced to form a word of another type (usually a verb). 开始学习		backformation
A change in the function of a word, as for example when a noun comes to be used as a verb (without any reduction) 开始学习		conversion
are new words formed from the initial letters of a set of other words. 开始学习		acronyms

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