Word Formation Processes And

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Derivation

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Reader , devalue

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Internal change:

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Sing sang, drive drove.

a process that substitutes one nonmorphemic segment for another to mark a grammatical contrast

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Suppletion

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- go/went; good/better; bad/worse

the use of two different stems in forming the inflections of a word

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Compounding-

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blackboard, dropkick, centerpiece ...

to form a word from two (or more) whole words.

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Conversion (zero derivation):

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drink (v)  drink(n) I drink water versus I took a drink

brown (adj)  brown (v) The brown dog versus I brown my steak

a process that assigns an already existing word to a new syntactic category.

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Clipping-

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dormitory; gymnasium; mathematics; telephone

to form a word by chopping off part of the larger word or phrase.

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Blending-

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smoke + fog= smog;

motor + hotel= motel;

guess + estimate = guesstimate; modulator + demodulator = modem

a word formed by combining pieces of other words.

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Backformation-

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television  televise;

enthusiasm  enthuse;

computer  compute

a word formed by the removal of an apparent affix.

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Acronyms-

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NASA; AIDS; UNICEF; scuba, radar

a word formed by using the first letters of the important words in a phrase.

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Onomatopoeia:

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buzz ; hiss ;sizzle

words that have been created to sound like the thing they name.

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Coinage-

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Kodak; Teflon; nylon

to come up with a new word

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Borrowing-

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cafe; fetch; taboo; sofa

taking over of words from other languages

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NASA

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: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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AIDS:

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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UNICEF

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: United Nations Children’s Fund earlier United Nations International Children Emergency Fund

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UNESCO

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: United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

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Radar

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: Radio Detecting and Ranging

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CD

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: Compact Disk

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Laser:

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Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

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Scuba

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: Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

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A.M.:

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Before Noon (ante meridiem)

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P.M.

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After Noon (post meridiem)

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B.C.

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.: Before Christ

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A.D.:

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After Christ (Anno Domini)