Acronymy and blending

Megi Andela and Mahmud Subroto

1. ACRONYMY AND BLENDING By: Mahmud Subroto Megi Andela

2. An acronym ( from Greek acro- in the sense of extreme or tip and onyma or name ) is an abbreviation of several words in such a way that the abbreviation itself forms a pronounceable word. Acronym is the name for a word formed from the first letters of each word in a phrase ACRONYMY

3. BASIC ( B eginner's A ll-Purpose S ymbolic I nstruction C ode) NOW ( N ational O rganization for W omen) OASIS ( O rganization for the A dvancement of S tructured I nformation S tandards) KEPO ( K now E verything P ersonal O bject) Example :

4. Blending is one of the many ways new words are made in English. It refers to joining the beginning of one word and the end of another to make a new word with a new meaning. BLENDING

5. Smog ( smo ke + fo g ) internet ( inter national + net work) pixel ( pic ture + el ement) motel ( mo tor + ho tel ) modem ( mo dulator + dem odulator) Example :

6. to enrich the language and getting the language will evolve and grow to shorten words can increase our ability to enrich vocabulary FUNCTION :

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