JOVEN, Jullianne Hyacinth E.

Structures of English Language

BSED EN 1-1D Ms. Danielle Louise Ayun SEEN 30033

ACTIVITY 1

I. Analyze and describe scientifically the structure of the words given.

# WORD Word Formation Morphological Process

Process & Morpheme Analysis
ex. beautiful Derivational beauty (change y to i) + ful
Affixation
beauty = free, lexical
ful = bound, derivational
1. ducks Inflectional Affixation duck + s

duck = free, lexical

s = bound, derivational
2. dazzled Inflectional Affixation dazzle + d

dazzle = free, lexical

d = bound, inflectional
3. unpalatable Derivational Affixation un + palate (remove e) + able

un = bound, derivational
palate (palat) = free, lexical
able = bound, derivational
4. intercontinental Derivational Affixation inter + continent + al

inter = bound, derivational

continent = free, lexical
al = bound, derivational
5. successfully Derivational Affixation success + ful + ly

success = free, lexical

ful = bound, derivational
ly = bound, derivational
6. clarification Derivational Affixation clarify (change y to i) + cation

clarify (clarify) = free, lexical

cation = bound, derivational
7. transformation Derivational Affixation trans + form + ation

trans = bound, derivational

form = free, lexical
ation = bound, derivational
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 8. globalization Derivational Affixation globe (remove e) + al + ize (remove
e) + ation

globe = free, lexical

al = bound, derivational
ize = bound, derivational
ation = bound, derivational
9. NATO Acronym North + Atlantic + Treaty +
Organization

/ ˈneɪ toʊ /
10. absobloominlutely Blending absolute + ly + blooming (remove
Clipping g)

abso + bloomin + lutely

11. Paranormal Derivational Affixation para + normal

para= bound, derivational

normal = free, lexical
12. QANTAS Acronym Queensland + and + Northern +
Territory + Aerial + Services

/ ˈkwɒntəs /
13. factfulness Derivational Affixation fact + ful + ness

fact = free, elxical4

ful = bound, derivational
ness = bound, derivational
14. webcam Blending web + camera (remove era)
Clipping
web + cam
15. interstellar Derivational Affixation inter + stellar

inter = bound, derivational

stellar = free, lexical
16. unlikeliness Derivation Affixation un + like + ly (change y to i) + ness

un = bound, derivational
like = free, lexical
ly (li) = bound, derivational
ness = bound, derivational
17. ANZAC Acronym Australian + New Zealand + Army +
Corps
/ ˈæn zæk /
18. predatory Derivational Affixation predator + y

predator = free, lexical

y = bound, derivational
19. modem Blending modular (remove dular) +
Clipping demodulator (remove odulator)

mo + dem
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 20. duopoly Derivational Affixation duo + poly
duo = free, lexical
poly = bound, derivational
21. PUP Initialism Polytechnic + University + (of the ) +
Philippines

/pi-yu-p/i/
22. phishing Inflectional Affixation phish + ing

phish = free, lexical

ing = bound, inflectional
23. ghoti Coinage ghoti = fish
gh = /f/ = tou(gh)
o = /ɪ/ = w(o)men
ti = /ʃ/ = mo(ti)on
24. ISO Acronym International + Organization (for) +
Calquing Standardization

ISO = Greek isos = “equal”

25. megapixel Derivational Affixation mega + pixel

mega = bound, derivational

pixel = free, lexical
26. fraudster Derivational Affixation fraud + ster

fraud = free, lexical

star = bound, derivational
27. Android Coinage an operating system designed for
computers and cellular phones

28. HDMI Initialism High + Definition + Multimedia +

Interface

29. re-installation Derivational Affixation re + install + ation

re = bound, derivational;
install = free, lexical
ation = bound, derivational
30. ill-mannered Compounding ill + (hyphen) + mannered

ill-mannered
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 II. Give at least 20 examples of each indicator in the table below.

Prefix Suffix

anti- -able
bi- -acy
di- -age
dis- -al
de- -ate
en- dom
fore- -eer
in- -ful
inter- -ic
im- -ical
ir- -ism
mis- -ity
non- -ive
over- -less
pre- -ly
re- -ment
semi- -ness
sub- -sion
tri- -tion
un- -ward

III. What can you infer from these lessons? Complete the
statement.

Word formation processes are is a process of producing new words. It can

be done by altering existing words or innovating a new word that becomes
a part of the language. These processes are also known as Morphological
Processes. The processes are the following: abbreviation, acronym,
affixation, back formation, blending, borrowing, calquing, clipping, coinage,
compounding, conversion, eponym, nonce words, onomatopoeia,
reduplication, and more. There are times that developed words involved
two or more morphological processes, depending on how they were
created.
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