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Investigation on Neologisms Over time many different words are created, through technology, events, people and for no particular reason. However, not all of these words are created from nothing, and there is often a reason with a method for the creation of a word. The word mobile has recently been established in a new way. For many years, the word "mobile" has been used as an adjective, as in "that person is mobile". However, with the introduction of new technology, in the form of a mobile phone, and it becoming a mass-market product. The mobile had immediately gone through a word conversion, going from being an adjective to a noun. Over time, the use of the "phone" part of "mobile phone" has been clipped, due to the constant need to be able to say words as quickly as possible, in a short amount of time. It is likely that the "mobile phone"...

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