Can you give me an examples of Clipping?

Answer 1

In Morphology:

Clipping (reducing) is a form of shortening words by a segment of letters, removing them completely. Clipped words retain the core message (default meaning of the word) which they convey.

There are three types of clipping: fore clipping, back clipping and mixed.

Fore clipping - removing a segment of letters which are in front of the word.

Example: the word 'telephone' can be fore clipped by removing the 'tele' segment, creating a shortened version: 'phone' [telephone]

Back clipping - removing a segment of letters which are in the back.

Example: the word 'advertisement' can be shortened to 'advert' [advertisement], or even further, to 'ad' [advertisement].

Mixed - usually a combination of both: removing a segment of letters from the front as well as the back of the word.

Example: the word 'influenza' can be clipped by removing the segments 'in' and 'enza', resulting in 'flu' [influenza].

Clipping often helps creating different word formations such as Backformation (clipping + conversion) or Hypoconism (clipping + affixation [also known as derivation]).