CHAPTER 5 WORD FORMATION rd 3 STAGE Etymology

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CHAPTER 5 WORD FORMATION rd 3 STAGE

CHAPTER 5 WORD FORMATION rd 3 STAGE

Etymology: The study of the origin and history of a words like handbook expressed

Etymology: The study of the origin and history of a words like handbook expressed by a London newspaper Coinago: one of the most least common processes of word formation in English that is invention of new terms like kleenex and google.

Borrowing: the process of taking words from other languages like piano (Italian) Sofa(Arabic) Compounding:

Borrowing: the process of taking words from other languages like piano (Italian) Sofa(Arabic) Compounding: The joining of two separate words to produce a single form. like adjective fastplus noun food as in fast-food

Blending: the process of combining the beginning of one word and the end of

Blending: the process of combining the beginning of one word and the end of another word to form a new word. like brunch from breakfast and lunch. Clipping: the process of reducing a word of more than one syllable to a shorter form. like Ad from advertisement.

Backformation: the process of reducing a word such as a noun to shorter version

Backformation: the process of reducing a word such as a noun to shorter version and using it as a new word such as a verb babysit From babysitter. Conversion: thr process of changing the function of a word , such as a noun to a verb, Vacation in they are vacationing in Florida.

Acronyms: a new word formed from the initial letters of other words as in

Acronyms: a new word formed from the initial letters of other words as in UNESCO or NASA. Derivation: the process of forming new words by adding affixes. some familiar examples are the elements mis, pre, ful, less, ect. Which appear in words like joyful, careless, and Misrepresented.

Prefix: a bound morpheme added to the beginning of a word as misunderstand. Suffix:

Prefix: a bound morpheme added to the beginning of a word as misunderstand. Suffix: a bound morpheme added to the end of a word like sadness. Infixes: a morpheme that is inserted in the middle of a word as Singabloodpore.

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