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25: 642:, for the border between the two types is not always clear. According to Bauer (1983), the easiest way to draw the distinction is to say that those forms which retain compound stress are clipped compounds, whereas those that take simple word stress are not. By this criterion 311: 233:(tain) in army slang. Clipped forms can pass into common usage when they are widely useful, becoming part of standard language, which most speakers would agree has happened with 420:
In a final clipping, the most common type in English, the beginning of the prototype is retained. The unclipped original may be either a simple or a composite. Examples include
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Words with the middle part of the word left out are few. They may be further subdivided into two groups: (a) words with a final-clipped stem retaining the functional morpheme:
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Final and initial clipping may be combined and result in curtailed words with the middle part of the prototype retained, which usually includes the syllable with
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ificate). In these cases it is difficult to know whether the resultant formation should be treated as a clipping or as a
869: 861: 108: 75: 720: 548:(spectacles); (b) contractions due to a gradual process of elision under the influence of rhythm and context. Thus, 266: 57: 909: 46: 265:), and various others. When their usefulness is limited to narrower contexts, they remain outside the 732: 489: 327: 82: 35: 684: 575: 904: 845: 689: 142: 679: 8: 535: 359: 334: 853: 790: 865: 857: 782: 759: 774: 569: 340: 150: 872: 699: 557: 347: 158: 138: 778: 898: 786: 578:. One part of the original compound most often remains intact. Examples are: 178: 664: 375: 154: 201:, such as schools, army, police, and the medical profession. For example, 736: 494:
Initial (or fore) clipping retains the final part of the word. Examples:
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rather than segment, and where the new word may differ in sense and
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The Categories and Types of Present-Day English Word-formation
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Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew
626:). Sometimes both halves of a compound are clipped as in 181:, clippings are not coined as words belonging to the 316:, clipping mainly consists of the following types: 49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 760:"Marchand's Analysis of Back-Formation Revisited" 896: 644:bodbiz, Chicom, Comsymp, Intelsat, midcult, pro 815:. München: C.H.Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 225:(et = credit) in stock-exchange slang; and 185:of a language. They typically originate as 841: 839: 806: 804: 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 887:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 810: 836: 801: 16:Reduction of a word to one of its parts 897: 825: 757: 560:may be regarded as accelerated forms. 386:(which omits the stressed syllable of 882: 819: 713: 654:are all compounds made of clippings. 876: 47:adding citations to reliable sources 18: 13: 14: 921: 145:of an existing word to create a 23: 574:Clipped forms are also used in 213:(oratory) originated in school 34:needs additional citations for 751: 480:, meaning "see you, goodbye". 1: 706: 476:, which derives from להתראות 161:, which proceeds by (pseudo-) 7: 657: 339:Complex clipping, creating 172: 10: 926: 767:Acta Linguistica Hungarica 725:Oxford Dictionaries Online 567: 563: 533: 487: 483: 413: 398:-s of pajamas/pyjamas) or 58:"Clipping" morphology 779:10.1556/ALing.54.2007.1.2 529: 452:(gymnastics, gymnasium), 409: 300: 153:. Clipping differs from 832:. Moscow: Высшая школа. 811:Marchand, Hans (1969). 733:Oxford University Press 490:Apheresis (linguistics) 885:English Word-Formation 883:Bauer, Laurie (1983). 826:Arnold, Irina (1986). 758:NAGANO, AKIKO (2007). 685:Compound (linguistics) 910:Linguistic morphology 690:Contraction (grammar) 468:(popular music), and 680:Clipping (phonetics) 648:am, photo op, sci-fi 43:improve this article 846:Zuckermann, Ghil'ad 536:Syncope (phonology) 402:(adding diminutive 333:Medial clipping or 854:Palgrave Macmillan 382:(detective); also 326:Initial clipping, 320:Final clipping or 428:(advertisement), 354:(refrigerator), 341:clipped compounds 267:standard register 169:from its source. 141:by removing some 119: 118: 111: 93: 917: 889: 888: 880: 874: 843: 834: 833: 829:The English word 823: 817: 816: 808: 799: 798: 764: 755: 749: 748: 746: 744: 735:. Archived from 717: 570:Clipped compound 464:(public house), 315: 269:. Many, such as 151:clipped compound 114: 107: 103: 100: 94: 92: 51: 27: 19: 925: 924: 920: 919: 918: 916: 915: 914: 895: 894: 893: 892: 881: 877: 844: 837: 824: 820: 809: 802: 762: 756: 752: 742: 740: 739:on May 10, 2010 719: 718: 714: 709: 704: 660: 572: 566: 544:(mathematics), 538: 532: 492: 486: 440:(examination), 418: 412: 394:(retaining the 309: 303: 209:(ematics), and 175: 115: 104: 98: 95: 52: 50: 40: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 923: 913: 912: 907: 891: 890: 875: 835: 818: 800: 750: 711: 710: 708: 705: 703: 702: 700:Word formation 697: 692: 687: 682: 677: 672: 667: 661: 659: 656: 568:Main article: 565: 562: 534:Main article: 531: 528: 522:(university), 488:Main article: 485: 482: 460:(muttonhead), 456:(memorandum), 414:Main article: 411: 408: 348:primary stress 344: 343: 337: 331: 324: 302: 299: 221:(ulation) and 174: 171: 159:back-formation 139:word formation 129:, also called 117: 116: 31: 29: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 922: 911: 908: 906: 903: 902: 900: 886: 879: 873: 871: 870:9781403938695 867: 863: 862:9781403917232 859: 855: 851: 847: 842: 840: 831: 830: 822: 814: 807: 805: 796: 792: 788: 784: 780: 776: 772: 768: 761: 754: 738: 734: 730: 726: 722: 721:"Shortenings" 716: 712: 701: 698: 696: 693: 691: 688: 686: 683: 681: 678: 676: 673: 671: 668: 666: 663: 662: 655: 653: 649: 645: 641: 637: 633: 629: 625: 621: 617: 613: 609: 605: 601: 597: 593: 589: 585: 581: 577: 571: 561: 559: 556:(madam), and 555: 551: 547: 543: 537: 527: 525: 521: 517: 514:(telephone), 513: 510:(alligator), 509: 506:(cockroach), 505: 502:(parachute), 501: 497: 491: 481: 479: 475: 471: 467: 463: 459: 455: 451: 447: 444:(facsimile), 443: 439: 435: 432:(cablegram), 431: 427: 423: 417: 407: 405: 401: 397: 393: 389: 385: 381: 377: 376:head-shrinker 373: 369: 365: 361: 357: 353: 349: 342: 338: 336: 332: 329: 325: 323: 319: 318: 317: 313: 308: 305:According to 298: 296: 292: 288: 284: 280: 276: 272: 268: 264: 260: 256: 252: 248: 244: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 208: 204: 200: 196: 192: 188: 184: 180: 179:Hans Marchand 177:According to 170: 168: 164: 160: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 113: 110: 102: 99:November 2011 91: 88: 84: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67: 63: 60: –  59: 55: 54:Find sources: 48: 44: 38: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 905:Word coinage 884: 878: 828: 821: 812: 773:(1): 33–72. 770: 766: 753: 741:. 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linguistics
word formation
segments
diminutive
clipped compound
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back-formation
morpheme
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Hans Marchand
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Irina Arnold
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