Word formation process

[Hodaghazlavi]

What kind of word formation process is involved in the creation of these words?
Newbies --- I know there are some newbies in the group.
Temp --- I had to temp for a while before I got a real job.
Decaf ---- Would you prefer a decaf ?
Its not a homework
I have an exam tomorrow and I'm not sure about the answers of these exercises

 

[Skrej]

I had a response, but then realized this sounds a lot like homework. Where did these questions come from?

 

[emsr2d2]

What kind of word formation process is involved in the creation of these words?

Newbies --- I know there are some newbies in the group.
Temp --- I had to temp for a while before I got a real job.
Decaf ---- Would you prefer a decaf?

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

Note my corrections above. It's important to follow these rules of written English:

- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- End every sentence with one appropriate punctuation mark.
- Always capitalise the word "I".
- Don't put a space before a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Always put a space after a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.

You made a few really basic spelling mistakes. Please take more care when you copy text.

 

[Hodaghazlavi]

I had a response, but then realized this sounds a lot like homework. Where did these questions come from?

No it's not a homework
Tomorrow I have an exam and during studying I faced some problems about these three words

 

[emsr2d2]

No it's not [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] homework.
Tomorrow I have an exam and [STRIKE]during[/STRIKE] while studying I [STRIKE]faced[/STRIKE] have had some problems [STRIKE]about[/STRIKE] with these three words.

Did you read post #3? I pointed out that you must end every sentence with a punctuation mark yet you failed to use a punctuation mark at the end of both your sentences in this post.

"Newbie" is a relatively new word for someone who is new to something (an activity, a forum etc). It's not an abbreviation for anything.
"Temp" is simply a shortened version of the word "temporary". It has come to be used as a noun and a verb. "A temp" is someone who is doing a particular job for a short time. "To temp" means "to do a job for a short period of time".
"Decaf" is simply a shortened version of the adjective "decaffeinated". It has come to be used as a noun. "I'd like a decaf" means "I'd like a cup of decaffeinated coffee".

I'm not quite sure what you meant by "What kind of word formation process is involved ...?"

 

[Tdol]

There's no single process at work there- one is turned into a verb and two are turned into nouns. We can talk about nominalisation and verbalisation, but these are all words being shoved into new categories. Placing a word in a new category is not neologism for me.

 

[Skrej]

What kind of word formation process is involved in the creation of these words?
Newbies --- I know there are some newbies in the group.
Temp --- I had to temp for a while before I got a real job.
Decaf ---- Would you prefer a decaf ?

The first one might be an example of morphological derivation, which is taking an existing word and adding affixes, so 'new'+'-bie'. The -bie suffix is rare however, so it might just be complete neologism. I can think of only one other example similar, 'freebie'. Wikipedia suggests some possible etymologies, one being a portmanteau of 'new boy'.

The latter two seem to be more clear cut cases of clipping, which is simply shortening a word without changing the meaning.

 

[Rover_KE]

No, it's not [no 'a' here] homework.

Note that ems deleted 'a' in post #5, but the strike-through is barely visible on some letters.