Morphology

Smallest meaningful unit of language. Independently meaningful part of a word

Morpheme used only when attached to another morpheme that can be used independently.

Morpheme that functions without modifications, such as a word.

Conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, determiners, prepositions and inflectional suffixes

Any variant of a morpheme. Ex: the "pluralizer" morpheme that makes dog - dogs, ox- oxen, horse - horses etc

Morpheme that indicates something about a word's grammatical function, such as number or tense. GENERALLY realized in a suffix

Morpheme, whether bound or free that contributes to formation of a new word. Often changes the word's lexical category

Blank space in lexicon, such that a concept lacks a word in a particular language to represent it

Word created for specific purpose in a specific moment

Combining process reponsible for words like doghouse and facebook

Combining process responsible for words like undo, re-sit, reset and retake

Combining process responsible for words like coolness, suffixing

Shortening process in which each letter is read individually. NBA, URL

Shortening process responsible for words like CD-ROM, SCUBA and Laser

Shortening process responsible for words like Fridge

Shortening process in which "root" words are developed after another word that's developed. Ex: Edit from Editor.

Shortening process in which two words are brought together, ex: ginormous

Word-formative process in whcih a word historically belonging to one lexical category functions in another as in the verb swim becomes a noun as in "did you have a nice swim?"

Word-formative process that redistributes phonemes to create new morphemes. Ex: Napron becomes Apron or eggcorn becomes acorn

Word formative process in whcih a new word emerges from a popular misunderstanding of its form or meaning. (Ex: Humble Pie)

Word is adopted, adapted or literally translated from another example. Entrepreneur