NEOLOGISER
This ESSENTIAL is designed to support you in generating new words for FUTURES DESIGN and DESIGN FUTURES LITERACIES by using a set of action prompts that reflect the character of word formation at a broad level.
| ACTION | DESCRIPTION |
| JOIN | Compounding: joining two words together (e.g. Facebook) |
| MIX | Blending: parts of words are joined |
| TRIM | A word simply can be made shorter and it’s generally understood what it refers to. Back Formation refers to trimming of something from a larger word to a smaller one, e.g. telephone to phone. |
| LOAN | We borrow or loan and reposition: words for items we use, like and circulate. |
| SWITCH | Words from one part of speech can change their use function and become another part of speech (noun to verb for example, e.g. Google to googling) |
| CAPITALISE | We make words through building acronyms. This is when we create a capitalized word from the first letters of a set or words ( e.g. EU). |
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