Compounding- one type of term formation process By: Tnase Anca Claudia

How to create a term?

By creating new forms through: Derivation ex: (prefix) re- + (root)-open = reopen Compounding ex: member country Abbreviations ex: Court (Court of Justice of the European Communities) Acronyms ex: scuba (self contained underwater breathing apparatus)

How to create a term?

By using the existing forms through: Conversion ex: to record-record
Terminologization

ex: waveelectromagnetic wave

Transdisciplinary

borrowing Ex: reaction- chemistry, physics.

Compounding
The

process of compounding is a formation effected by combining existing words or lexical elements, leading to a new form.

A compound

is a word that combines two or more different words. (Cambridge Dictionary)

Classification of compounds
Complex

terms or phrases: Hyphen ex: composer-conductor Fusion ex: outflow No join ex: member country

Blends

Ex: biological + electronic = bionic

Semantic classification
Endocentric compounds Ex: steamboat, armchair
Exocentric

compounds Ex: white-collar

Copulative

compounds Ex: director-actor

Conclusions
Terminologists must know the word formation processes in order to create different terms.

In all sciences and technologies, new terms are regularly required for new objects, parts of objects and new processes.

Bibliography
Juan C. Sager :A Practical Course in Terminology Processing,J Maria Teresa Cabre: Terminology: Theory, methods and applications. http://romenglish.blogspot.ro/ www.wikipedia.com Delahunty P. Gerald and James J Garvey. The English Language: From Sound to sense. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/compound