Word formation Word formation In linguistics, word formation is the creation of a new word. Word formation is sometimes contrasted with semantic change, which is a change in a single word's meaning. The boundary between word formation and semantic change can be difficult to define: a new use of an old word can be seen as a new word derived from an old one and identical to it in form. See 'conversion'. There are a number of methods of word formation. A blend is a word formed by joining parts of two words after clipping. An example is "smog", which comes from
Mark Twain Riverboat for many months, while "Mark Twain"s ongoing refurbishment at the dry dock was finished. In September 2005, "Molly Brown" was moved to the dry dock, and in March 2006, "Mark Twain" finally resumed operation from Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing. However, it was not until September that "Molly Brown"s long refurbishment finally began, and was completed in late April 2007. Yet, in 2010, "Molly Brown" had to be rebuilt from scratch. On March 25, 2011, she was back in business, with a new recording of Molly Brown's speech in English, which used to be in French. The Mark Twain hasn’t operated