WORD FORMATION PROCESS

WORDS
A single distinct meaningful
element of speech or writing.
Use with other to form a
sentence.

WORD STRUCTURE

Got it..
MORPHOLOGY
Deals with the structure of words (morpheme)
MORPHEME
Smallest grammatical units can not be divided
Work, go, win
FREE
Stand alone do not need any
help(go, and , win)
BOUND
Need a stem or root word
(ed, ing,ist)
LEXICAL
Related with
parts of speech
(noun, pronoun,
verb)
FUNCTIONAl
Perform certain
function (is , am,
are,auxilary verb,
helping verb)
DERIVATIONAL
Lexical category of word
change.(water(N), use
water(V)manage(V),
manager(N).
INFLECTIONAL
Suffixes and prefixes are added
but lexical category do not
change,(boy boys)(write
writing)
WORD FORMATION PROCESS



1. COINAGE
2. EPONYM
3. BORROWING
4. COMPOUND
5. BLENDING
6. BACK FORMATION
7. CONVERSION
8. ACRONYM
9. DERIVATION
10. ONOMATOPOIEA
11. CLIPPING
12. RE-DUPLICATION

coinage
EPONYM
Borrowing

Borrowing is the process of
borrowing
Words from foreign languages.

The English Language has been
borrowing words from nearly
hundred languages in the last
hundred years.

EX; (ZebraBento)(TycoonJapan)
Loan translation or Calque
Uber mench(German)super man(Eng)
Supermarketo(Japanese)
supermarket(eng)
COMPOUNDING

Process of putting words
together to build a new word
that does not denote two things,
but one.


EX:
handbag=hand+bag
Wallpaper=wall+paper
Fingerprint=finger+print
Sunburn= sun+burn
DERIVATION


new words by adding morphemes

Word formation by affixes

By prefixes:
Unusual , mispronounce
Mislead , dis respect

By suffixes:
Careless , childish
Faithful
Prefix and suffix:
Disloyalty
Unerringly
BLENDING


Combination of two or more words
to create a new one.

EX:
brunch=breakfast+lunch
Motel= motor+hotel
Emoticon=emotion+icon

BACKFORMATION


Reduction of nouns to form verbs

EX:

Television = televise

Donation = donate

Option = opt

Emotion = emote
CONVERSION


We simply use noun as verbs

EX:

Water the plant.

Have you butter the toast.
ACRONYM


Words from initials of a set of words

EX:

SCUBA= Self- Contained-Underwater
Breathing- Apparatus
LASER = Light- Amplification by
Stimulated- Emission
of Radiation
ONOMATOPOEIA


The special type of word that
depicts
The sound associated with what
is named.

EX:

Buzz
Hiss
Sizzle
Cuckoo
Crash
Bang
Hush
Tecktack

CLIPPING


Reduction of words

EX:
Facsimile = fax

Telephone = phone

Gasoline = gas

Influenza = flu
REDUPLICATION


Forming words either by doubling
The entire word or a part of it.

EX:
Humpty dumpty
NoNo
Mish mash