ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a systematic description of selected word-formation processes. It topicalizes some important notions in the fields of lexicology and morphology and applies them in order to lay out a typology of the processes emerging in World Englishes. It also stresses the idea that some of these dynamics may assume blurred contours, by providing a critical investigation of the different classifications of word-formation phenomena offered in the literature. The main categories investigated are: composites, abbreviations (alongside their respective subcategories), blends, borrowings, conversions, semantic drifts, and eponyms.
