Word formation
Creation of new lexemes or the process of changing words / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the geological formation, see Word Formation. For the study of the origin and historical development of words, see Etymology.
In linguistics, word formation is an ambiguous term[1] that can refer to either:
- the processes through which words can change[2] (i.e. morphology), or
- the creation of new lexemes in a particular language