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  2. Clipping (morphology) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, clipping, also called truncation or shortening, [1] is word formation by removing some segments of an existing word to create a diminutive word or a clipped compound. Clipping differs from abbreviation , which is based on a shortening of the written, rather than the spoken, form of an existing word or phrase.

  3. Morphology (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, morphology is the study of words, including the principles by which they are formed, and how they relate to one another within a language. [1] [2] Most approaches to morphology investigate the structure of words in terms of morphemes, which are the smallest units in a language with some independent meaning.

  4. Clipped compound - Wikipedia

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    It is a special case of word formation called clipping. Clipped compounds are common in various slang and jargon vocabularies. [1] A clipped compound word is actually a type of blend word. Like other blends, clipped compounds may be made of two or more components.

  5. Clipping - Wikipedia

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    Clipping (signal processing), a form of distortion that limits a signal once it exceeds a threshold. Some forms include: Clipping (audio), the clipping of the top and bottom of a sound wave, referred to as "distortion" or "overdrive" Clipping (photography), the clipping of overexposed area by digital cameras and film; Soft clipping

  6. Clipping (phonetics) - Wikipedia

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    In phonetics, clipping is the process of shortening the articulation of a phonetic segment, usually a vowel. A clipped vowel is pronounced more quickly than an unclipped vowel and is often also reduced .

  7. Morphological dictionary - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, the OntoLex-Morph module has been proposed to facilitate data modelling of morphology in lexicography, as well as to provide a data model for morphological dictionaries for Natural Language Processing. [9] OntoLex-Morph does support both aligned and non-aligned morphological dictionaries.

  8. Word formation - Wikipedia

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    Compounding is the processing of combining two bases, where each base may be a fully-fledged word. For example: desktop is formed by combining desk and top; railway is formed by combining rail and way; firefighter is formed by combining fire and fighter [5] Compounding is a topic relevant to syntax, semantics, and morphology. [2]

  9. Category:Linguistic morphology - Wikipedia

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    Clipping (morphology) Code-mixing; Collocational restriction; Colloquial Welsh morphology; Compound (linguistics) Consonant gradation; Consonant mutation; Construction morphology; Content word; Contrast (linguistics) Conversion (word formation) Cultureme