Acronyms Word Formation Processes Coinage/Invention Borrowing Compounding Blending Clipping/Truncation Backformation Conversion Acronyms Derivation Echoism/Symbolism/ Onomatopoeia Folk Etymology Reduplication Multiple processes Acronyms Acronyms is a type of abbreviation, which are new words formed from the initial letters of a set of words. They are pronounced as new single words. Examples: NATO(The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) UNICEF(The United Nations Children's Fund)