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aera) Word Formation 10/26/2015 Etymology + The sud ofthe eign ofthe wer + Etymelopy > cores from Latin but has Grek ro0ts(etyman ‘rg font + api scy oP) «Atte tna nau words entering language + Ways in which a word can enter a language oF 4 Types of Word Formation Coinage Borrowing Compounding Bending ipping Backformaton Conversion setonyms Derivation Coinage + Invention of totally new words + Extension of a name of a product from a specific reference to a more general + €.9. Kleenex; Xerox; and Kodak + Eponyms: words based on 2 name of a person or a place. £.g. sandwich, jeans, watt 10/26/2015 Borrowing Taling over of words Fom another language Englah ood lt of Lat and Pench words + eet (baer) ‘Bebecve (Spanien) Peron) sewed) Grossore(French)__Yopue CTs) + abe 20 borowed lot of wore fom Engl, 2G ernon ray suporm + lsnanlton clue + Aphrase hat coded to a language ‘Nougrtarsaon Bf Compounding 1+ Two or more words joined together to form a new word = Examples: 1s Home + work > homework (N) 1 Pick + pocket > pickpocket (N) + Low + paid > low-paid (Adi) ‘ese: The meaning ofa conpound is Tot slaaya the som of he meanings of sp Blencing + Similar to compounds, but in blending oniy pats of the words are combined + Examples: Motor + hotel > Mote 1 Breakfast lunch > Brunch 1 Smoke + fog > smog + Telerintee + exchange > telex 4 Clipping + Shortening 2 word by deleting one or more syllables + Beamples: + Facsinle > fox + Hamburger > burger + Gasoline > gas 1 Advertisement > ad + Professor? 1 Doctor? FF es Backformation 1 Creative reduc due to incorrect ‘morphological analysis. + Beamples: + ester > edit + television > televise + babysitter > babysit ote: backformation aways invelve reduction (changing the form ofthe word) 10/26/2015 4 Conversion + Assigning an already existing word toa new syntactic cateoory. + Examples: batter (N) > V to butter the bread peri (¥) > N an entey permit empty (8) > V to empty the iter bin must (V) > N doing the homework is @ rust Microwave (N) > V 10/26/2015 Acronyms 1 Words derived from the intals of several words = Examples: 1+ Nana ernaits and Spce Agency + Unt Nason bteratonl Chern Energy Fun cer + United Natons Edcatoral Seti, and Cut (rgaraaton > UNESCO + compact Bsc > > pakoe examples of Acronyms: Radar») Radio detecting and ranging FL For Your Information TGIF «Thanks God It's Fray aka ao known as Html) Hypertert markup language bw AT 1 FAQ» 4 Derivation {The mast comman word formation process, affixes = Bxamples: Happy > unhappy, happiness Arrange > rearrange + Prefixes vs. sufines 1 Infixes Sins the word + Telttem Ive gore Singbloodypere sap Mute Processes 1 The creation of a particular word involves more than one process. 1 Example: Problems with the project have snowballed Snow + ball > compound Snowball (N) > (V) conversion FF sap Muttivle Processes += Tdentfy the processes involved in the creation of the following forms. + Ljust gota new carvahone + James wants to be 2 foobaler 1 The negotiators bivearints/a new peace proposal 10/26/2015 10/26/2015 aa

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