Morphology

Rayya Faiz
Folk Etymology

It is a process of word formation which changes

a word or part of word to make it more
understandable or more like familiar words, e.g.
using “net ball” for the tennis term “let ball”.
(“let ball” is a tennis term means preventing
the ball from touching the top of the net which
is entirely different from the meaning of the
word “let” which means “allow”).
J. Antonomasia

It is a process of word formation which means

the formation of a common noun, a verb, or an
adjective from the name of a person or a place.
e.g. - Frisbee comes from Frisble Bakery in
Bridgewater
In addition, names from history and literature
have given us common nouns, e.g. a lover is
called romeo, don juan or Casanova.
K. Reduplication

It is a process of word formation in which new words

are formed by doubling a morpheme usually with a
change of vowel or initial consonant as in pooh-pooh
and tiptop. The basic originating morpheme is most
frequently the second half like dilly-dally, but it may be
the first half like ticktock or both halves like singsong or
neither half like boogie-woogie.
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1. Femel
2. Fr. Cariole
3. Sp. Cucaracha
4. Agnail, angnail (ag-, ang-meant painful.)
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• 1. From the fourth Earl of Sandwich “who
once spent twenty-four hours at the gaming
table with no other refreshment than some
slices of cold beef between slides of toast.”
OED
• 2. Hamburger (=of Hamburg, Germany)
• 3. Frankfurter (=of Frankfurt, Germany)
• 7. Kashmir, India.
• 8. Short for jean fustian, a tough cloth.
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