Discovering Language: How Words Are Made

Illustrates how words are formed by means of compounding, adding prefixes and suffixes to base words, and by shortening words, including blends and acronyms., Uses a boy's dream fantasy to illustrate three basic ways new words can come into existence. Shows Rick inventing new words to describe the principles involved and changing words by compounding, by adding prefixes and suffixes to base words, and by shortening words with blends and acronyms. Second edition of Who Makes Words?
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Illustrates how words are formed by means of compounding, adding prefixes and suffixes to base words, and by shortening words, including blends and acronyms., Uses a boy's dream fantasy to illustrate three basic ways new words can come into existence. Shows Rick inventing new words to describe the principles involved and changing words by compounding, by adding prefixes and suffixes to base words, and by shortening words with blends and acronyms. Second edition of Who Makes Words?, Illustrates how words are formed by means of compounding, adding prefixes and suffixes to base words, and by shortening words, including blends, and acronyms.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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