morphology: coinage
Post on 12-May-2015
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Mummy, where do new words come from?
Coinage
Words are created to cater for new inventions, products or services.
Nylon
Polyester
Internet
Lycra
More
A company called Lexicon invented the words PowerBook and Pentium.
Words are created to cater for new inventions, products or services.
Some brand names are used so much that they becomes common words
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