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questão		resposta
Invention of totally new terms começar a aprender		coinage
new words based on the name of a person or a place começar a aprender		eponym
The taking over of words from other languages começar a aprender		borrowing
a joining of two separate words to produce a single form começar a aprender		compounding
The combination of two separate forms to produce a single new term começar a aprender		blending
a word of more than one syllable is reduced to a shorter form começar a aprender		clipping
A word of one type (usually a noun) is reduced to form a word of another type (usually a verb). começar a aprender		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) começar a aprender		conversion
are new words formed from the initial letters of a set of other words. começar a aprender		acronyms

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