This document defines clipping as a word formation process where syllables are reduced from longer words, such as "fax" from "facsimile" and "doc" from "doctor". Clipping is commonly used to shorten people's names, like "Al" from "Alfredo" or job titles in educational settings like "Prof" for "Professor". A special type of clipping is hypocorism where a longer word is reduced with an added "-y" or "-ie", like "brekky" from "breakfast" and "bookie" from "bookmaker".

1. Clipping as a Word
Formation Process
Delivered by:
Mohamed Sola

2. Content
• Definition
• Where to experience such a process?
• A special type of clipping

3. What is Clipping?
• Reduction of syllables in a word.
• Here the reduction is clearly evident.
E.g. Fax for facsimile,
ad for advertisement,
cab for cabriolet

4. What is Clipping (Cont…)
The process of creating new words
by
shortening parts of a longer word.
E.g. doctor is shortened to doc &
gasoline is clipped to gas

5. English speakers usually tend to clip each
other’s names.
E.g.
Alfredo Al
Edward Ed
Abigail Abi

6. Many words get clipped when it comes
down to educational environments.
E.g.
Professor Prof
Examination Exam
Mathematics Math

7. Hypocorism
A longer word that is reduced to a shorter
form with -y or -ie at the end.
E.g.
breakfast brekky
bookmaker bookie
television telly

8. “To handle yourself, use your head;
to handle others, use your heart.”
Eleanor Roosevelt.
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