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WORD FORMATION PROCESS
WORD FORMATION PROCESS
How new words are being formed in the language
The process consists of a combination of morphemes that are rule-governed (a new word is formed)
OUTLINE OF WORD FORMATION PROCESS
Eponyms Back-formation Compounding Blending Clipping Acronyms Abbreviations Affixation
Reduplication Internal change Conversion
EPONYMS Eponyms are a word form by the word
formation process in which a new word is formed from the name of a real of fictitious person. For example:
atlas – Atlas boycott – Charles C. Boycott cardigan – James Thomas Brudnell, 7th Earl
of Cardigan cereal – Ceres Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi mesmerize – Franz Anton Mesmer
BACKFORMATION
is a process in which a suffix is taken away from a noun to form a new verb
editor edit – or → edit
television television-ion → televise
babysitter babysitter-er →babysit
COMPOUNDING Process that forms new words from two or
more independent words
Examples of words formed by the compounding process:
Girl + friend = girlfriendgood+ looking=good-lookingfast+ food= fast-food
BLENDING
Process of creating a new word by combining the parts of two different words, usually the beginning of one word and the end of another.
motor + hotel = motel
camera + recorder = camcorder
CLIPPING
Process when one part is 'clipped' off the rest, and the remaining word now means essentially the same thing as what the whole word means or meant.
Public house pub Fanatic fan permanent wave Perm Cabriolet Cab
ACRONYM
Words that are formed from the initials of several words.
laser = light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
RAM = Random Access Memory
CD = Compact Disk
ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviation is the word formation process in which a word or phrase is shortened. Initialisms are a type of abbreviation formed by the initial letters of a word or phrase.
Apr. – April cm – centimetre(s) d. – died, died in dept. – department Dr. – doctor Jr. – Junior
AFFIXATION
Process of forming words by adding affixes to morphemes
English uses only prefixes and suffixes
sing + er = singer
un + real = unreal
REDUPLICATION
Process of forming new words either by doubling an entire word (total reduplication) or part of a word (partial reduplication)
Total reduplication is extremely rare!
partial reduplication
Humpty - dumpty
hocus - pocus
INTERNAL CHANGE
Changing sounds inside a root creates a new word
sing- sang (present/past)drive- drove (present/past)present- present (verb/noun)
CONVERSION
a noun comes to be used as a verb butter = buttered Have you buttered the toast? Verb becoming nouns
guess = a guess Phrasal verbs become noun
to print out = a printout Verb become adjective
see through = see-through material Adjective become verb
an empty room = to empty
Questions: what are the word formation process that produce the following words.
1. SMS
2. Worker Work
3. Jean Nicot nicotine
4. Scuba self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
5. mouse mice
6. work + room workroom
7. examination exam
8. Honey-bunny
9. happy + ness happiness
10.Sunday sun
11.camera + recorder camcorder
12.Stand up stand-up comedian
CONCLUSION
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