______________________is a processes of word formation wherein new wor – McqOptions

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1.	______________________is a processes of word formation wherein new words are coined by combining the segments of two different existing words?
A.	Compounding
B.	Portmanteau
C.	Derivation
D.	Backformation.
Answer» C. Derivation

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