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Word Formation
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Etymology
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+ Etymelopy > cores from Latin but has Grek
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«Atte tna nau words entering language
+ Ways in which a word can enter a language
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4 Types of Word Formation
Coinage
Borrowing
Compounding
Bending
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Backformaton
Conversion
setonyms
DerivationCoinage
+ 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,
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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
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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 ofsp 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)
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+ 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
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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
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{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
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