Exploring Word Formation: Etymology, Borrowing, Compounding, and More
Explore various processes of word formation including etymology, borrowing, compounding, blending, clipping, backformation, conversion, acronyms, derivation, prefixes, suffixes, and infixes. Learn about the origins and history of words, the creation of new terms, and how different morphemes are added or altered to form new words.
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CHAPTER 5 WORD FORMATION 3rdSTAGE
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 elgoog dna xeneelk .
Borrowing gnikat fo ssecorp eht: ekil segaugnal rehto morf sdrow piano nailatI( ( Sofa cibarA( ( Compounding:The joining of two separate words to produce a single form.like adjective fastplus noun doof as in fast-food
Blending eht gninibmoc fo ssecorp eht : fo dne eht dna drow eno fo gninnigeb ekil.drow wen a mrof ot drow rehtonabrunch from breakfast dna hcnul . Clipping drow a gnicuder fo ssecorp eht: ekil.mrof retrohs a ot elballys eno naht erom fo Ad from advertisement.
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 era yeht ni vacationing in Florida.
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 .sexiffa some familiar examples are the elements tce,ssel,luf,erp,sim Which appear in words like joyful,careless,and Misrepresented. .
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 ssendas . Infixes:a morpheme that is inserted in the middle of a word as Singabloodpore.
