WORD FORMATION PROCESS

WORD FORMATION PROCESS

How

new words are being formed in the language process consists of a combination of morphemes that are rule-governed (a new word is formed)

The

OUTLINE OF WORD FORMATION PROCESS

Eponyms

Back-formation
Compounding Blending

Clipping
Acronyms Abbreviations Affixation

Reduplication Internal change Conversion

EPONYMS

Eponyms are a word form by the word formation process in which a new word is formed from the name of a real of fictitious person. For example:

atlas Atlas boycott Charles C. Boycott cardigan James Thomas Brudnell, 7th Earl of Cardigan cereal Ceres Jacuzzi Candido Jacuzzi mesmerize Franz Anton Mesmer

BACKFORMATION

is a process in which a suffix is taken away from a noun to form a new verb

editor
television

edit or

edit

television-ion televise

babysitter babysitter-er

babysit

COMPOUNDING

Process that forms new words from two or more independent words Examples of words formed by the compounding process:

Girl + friend = girlfriend good+ looking=good-looking fast+ food= fast-food

BLENDING

Process of creating a new word by combining the parts of two different words, usually the beginning of one word and the end of another.

motor + hotel = motel

camera + recorder = camcorder

CLIPPING

Process when one part is 'clipped' off the rest, and the remaining word now means essentially the same thing as what the whole word means or meant.

Public house pub Fanatic fan permanent wave Perm Cabriolet Cab

ACRONYM

Words that are formed from the initials of several words.

RAM = Random Access Memory

CD = Compact Disk

laser

= light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviation is the word formation process in which a word or phrase is shortened. Initialisms are a type of abbreviation formed by the initial letters of a word or phrase.

Apr. April cm centimetre(s) d. died, died in dept. department Dr. doctor Jr. Junior

AFFIXATION

Process of forming words by adding affixes to morphemes

English uses only prefixes and suffixes

sing + er = singer un + real

=

unreal

REDUPLICATION
Process

of forming new words either by doubling an entire word (total reduplication) or part of a word (partial reduplication) Total reduplication is extremely rare!
partial reduplication

Humpty hocus
-

dumpty

pocus

INTERNAL CHANGE

Changing sounds inside a root creates a new word

sing- sang

(present/past) drive- drove (present/past) present- present (verb/noun)

CONVERSION

a noun comes to be used as a verb

butter = buttered Have you buttered the toast? Verb becoming nouns guess = a guess Phrasal verbs become noun to print out = a printout

Verb become adjective see through = see-through material Adjective become verb an empty room = to empty

Questions: what are the word formation process that produce the following words.

1. SMS

Worker Work 3. Jean Nicot nicotine 4. Scuba self-contained underwater breathing apparatus 5. mouse mice 6. work + room workroom 7. examination exam 8. Honey-bunny 9. happy + ness happiness 10. Sunday sun 11. camera + recorder camcorder 12. Stand up stand-up comedian
2.

CONCLUSION
Eponyms Conversion Backformation

Internal change

Compounding

Reduplication

WORD FORMATION PROCESS

Blending

Affixation

Clipping

Abbreviations

Acronyms

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