Name: Nur Imanina Binti Effendy Matric No: ENCOM – Intro to Linguistics

 identification, analysis, and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as root words, affixes, parts of speech, intonations and stresses, or implied context.  is the study of word structure and word formation.

Derivation Reduplication Back Formation Compounding Borrowing Coining Blending Acronyms Clipping

 a word-formation process in which meaning is expressed by repeating all or part of a word. [variation]

 A word adopted from another language and completely or partially naturalized

 a word formed from the initial letters of a name or by combining initial letters of a series of words. 北京大学 bei jing da xue 大学 da xue 北大 bei da

“Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China” 中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会 Zhōngguó gòngchandang zhōngyāng zhèngzhì jú chángwù wěiyuánhuì "Communist Party of China” + "Standing Committee" 中共中央政治局常委 Zhōnggòng zhōngyāng zhèngzhì jú chángwěi "Communist Party” = "Politburo Standing Committee" 政治局常委会 Zhèngzhì jú chángwěi huì "Standing Committee" 常委会 Chángwěi huì