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Morphological awareness is essential for vocabulary...

Morphological awareness is essential for vocabulary acquisition. Analyze the statements below regarding the word formation processes known as "Back-formation" and "Blending":


I.Back-formation is the process of reducing a word to a shorter version which belongs to a different word class, often by removing a supposed affix, such as forming the verb "to edit" from the noun "editor".

II.Blending involves combining two separate words to produce a single new term that shares the meaning of both, but unlike compounding, parts of the original words are usually deleted, as in "smog" (smoke + fog).

III.Both processes are strictly restricted to informal slang and are not recognized in standard English dictionaries or academic writing, being considered grammatical errors.


Is it correct what is stated in:


A

III only.


B

I, II and III.


C

I and III only.


D

II only.


E

I and II only.