Chapter IV Word formation (II).pptVIP

* Chapter IV Word formation (II) (The Minor Process of Word-Formation) Apart from the three major types of word-formation, there are also minor types of word-formation, a number of which have attained some importance in contemporary English. 1. Acronymy----Initialisms and Acronyms A. Initialisms Initialism is a type of shortening, using the first letters of words to form a proper name, a technical term, or a phrase; an intialism is pronounced letter by letter. e.g. BBC (for British Broadcasting Corporation) is pronounced /`bi:bi:`si:/; VIP (for a very important person) is likewise pronounced