Name Tran Nguyen Phuong Uyen Number 29

WORD FORMATION PROCESS

ALPHABETISM
An abbreviation that takes the first letter of each word of the base expression (like an
Definition:
acronym) and is pronounced by spelling out each letter.
EU [i: ju:]

Examples: ALT [ei el ti:]

IBM [ai bi: em],

CLIPPING
Definition: The process of reducing a word of more than one syllable to a shorter form
Liz from “Elizabeth”

Examples: Flu from “influenza”

Ad from “advertisement”

REDUPLICATION
Definition: The process of repeating all or part of a form
(“road”) dálan -> plural form: daldálan (“roads”)

Examples: (“life”) bíag -> plural form: bibíag (“lives”)

(“plant”) múla -> plural form: mulmúla (“plants”)

 ONOMATOPOEIA
Definition: Words containing sounds similar to the noises they describe
Bang

Examples: Cuckoo

Moo

DERIVATION
Definition: The process of forming new words by adding affixes
Unhappy from happy

Examples: Invisible from visible

Careless from care

ACRONYM
Definition: New words formed from the initial letters of a set of other words
Scuba

Examples: Laser

NASA

BLENDING
The process of combining the beginning of one word and the end of another word to form a
Definition:
new word (
Brunch = breakfast + lunch

Examples: Smog = smoke + fog

Gasohol = gas + alcohol

 COMPOUNDING
Definition: The process of combining two (or more) words to form a new word
Bookcase

Examples: Doorknob

Wallpaper

CALQUE
A type of borrowing in which each element of a word is translated into the borrowing
Definition:
language
Computer mouse - “Chuột máy tính” in Vietnamese

Examples: "Flea market" is a loan translation of the French marché aux puces ("market of fleas")

Skyscraper - gratte-ciel (cloud scraper)

COINAGE
Definition: The invention of new words
Google

Examples: Aspirin

Xerox

HYPOCORISMS
A word-formation process in which a longer word is reduced to a shorter form with -y or -ie
Definition:
at the end
Examples: Movie - moving pictures
 Hankie - handkerchief

Telly - television

EPONYM
Definition: A word derived from the name of a person or place
Sandwich (from the eighteenth-century Earl of Sandwich who first insisted on having his
bread and meat together while gambling)
Examples:
Fahrenheit

Volt

CONVERSION
The process of changing the function of a word, such as a noun to a verb, as a way of forming
Definition:
new words, also known as “category change” or “functional shift”
We bottled the home-brew last night

Examples: Have you buttered the toast?

Someone has to chair the meeting

BACKFORMATION
The process of reducing a word such as a noun to a shorter version and using it as a new word
Definition:
such as a verb
Babysit from babysitter

Examples: Televise from television

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