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Word Formation in English

Word Formation in English. Less Common Processes. Coinage (& eponyms—word from person’s name ) kleenex , fridge , hoover Blending brunch from breakfast + lunch Clipping (& hypocorism—end with ‘y’) lunch from luncheon & telly from television Acronyms AIDS , snafu.

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Word Formation in English

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  1. Word Formation in English

  2. Less Common Processes • Coinage (& eponyms—word from person’s name) • kleenex, fridge, hoover • Blending • brunch from breakfast + lunch • Clipping (& hypocorism—end with ‘y’) • lunch from luncheon & telly from television • Acronyms • AIDS, snafu

  3. More Common Processes • Borrowings from other languages • pajamas from Hindi; pizza from Italian • Compounding • silverware or redwood • Backformation (shorter new word) • write from writer; emote from emotion • Conversion (word unchanged) • noun cream also comes to be verb cream

  4. Derivation by affixes • By means of prefixes • figure can become refigure or disfigure • By means of suffixes • respect can become respected or respectfulor respectfully • These can be used together • brave can become unbravely • Rarely in by means of infixes • absobloominglutely or even, if you think of it as a single word, nofuckingway

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