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mimi7985 · 11-14-2006, 02:43 PM

Hi, I am trying to remember the linguistic morphological term that has to do with cutting off part of a word. A good example is cutting off part of "television" to form "tele". What is that process called again? Thanks!

elmeromero · 11-14-2006, 03:23 PM

Could this be the term? It essentially means what you are describing, though I don't know if it's used in linguistics as well.

Nadia D · 11-14-2006, 03:39 PM

What about "suffixation" and "prefixation"?

Veronica · 11-17-2006, 10:33 AM

How about "apocope"?

This means to loose letters, o part of the word at the end.

Pablohz · 06-07-2008, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Veronica

How about "apocope"?

This means to loose letters, o part of the word at the end.

Yes that is the right one
is not affixation.... because if you remove an affix or a suffix you change the meaning of the word...this is more a phonetic phenomena
how do you call it in english???...don't remember
by the way cortamiento doesn't exist..

sabrina · 06-30-2008, 07:37 PM

I totally agree with Ver�nica...It's apocope..., also metaplasmo.

ScottJ · 07-01-2008, 06:03 AM

S�, yo aprend� ap�cope para abreviaciones de palabras y, en casos as�, acortamiento es el t�rmino oficial.

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mimi7985 New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	cortamiento? Hi, I am trying to remember the linguistic morphological term that has to do with cutting off part of a word. A good example is cutting off part of "television" to form "tele". What is that process called again? Thanks!

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elmeromero Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 181 Rep Power: 112	truncamiento or truncation? Could this be the term? It essentially means what you are describing, though I don't know if it's used in linguistics as well.

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Nadia D Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 610 Rep Power: 235	Morphology What about "suffixation" and "prefixation"? Last edited by Nadia D : 11-14-2006 at 03:46 PM.

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Veronica Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 573 Rep Power: 212	How about "apocope"? This means to loose letters, o part of the word at the end. __________________ mmm...chocolate.

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06-30-2008, 07:37 PM	#6
sabrina Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 366 Rep Power: 303	I totally agree with Ver�nica...It's apocope..., also metaplasmo.

07-01-2008, 06:03 AM	#7
ScottJ Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 271 Rep Power: 354	S�, yo aprend� ap�cope para abreviaciones de palabras y, en casos as�, acortamiento es el t�rmino oficial.

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