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(linguistics) the formation of new words by the processes of derivation and composition

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word formation

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word formation

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(linguistics) the formation of new words by the processes of derivation and composition

Japanese Meaning

派生や合成などのプロセスを通じて新しい単語が作られる現象 / 単語の生成、または語の形成

In her linguistics class, she studied English word formation and how prefixes and suffixes change meaning.

言語学の授業で、彼女は接頭辞や接尾辞が意味を変える仕組みとともに、英語における語の形成を学んだ。

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(linguistics) the formation of new words by the processes of derivation and composition

word formations

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