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    The document discusses various word formation processes in English including derivation, back formation, blending, acronyms, clipping, compounds, conversion, onomatopoeia, neologisms, and affixes such as prefixes and suffixes. It provides examples for each process and lists common prefixes and suffixes used in English.

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    Word Formation PPT 1-23

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    The document discusses various word formation processes in English including derivation, back formation, blending, acronyms, clipping, compounds, conversion, onomatopoeia, neologisms, and affixes such as prefixes and suffixes. It provides examples for each process and lists common prefixes and suffixes used in English.

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    The document discusses various word formation processes in English including derivation, back formation, blending, acronyms, clipping, compounds, conversion, onomatopoeia, neologisms, and affixes such as prefixes and suffixes. It provides examples for each process and lists common prefixes and suffixes used in English.

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     Derivation - forming new words (generally of a different category) from existing words, in

    English this is mainly done by adding affixes. (shame – shameless)


     Back formation- a word that is formed from an existing word which looks as though it is a
    derivative, typically by removal of a suffix (e.g. edit from editor )
     Blending- joining the beginning of one word and the end of another to make a new word  (smoke +
    fog – smog)
     Acronym - an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word
    (light amplified by stimulated emission of radiation – laser)
     Clipping -cutting (advertisement – ad)
     Compound - a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture (earth + quake
    – earthquake)
     Conversion- the process of changing or causing something to change from one form to another. E.g.
    adjective-verb (clean – to clean)
     Onomatopoeia- the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named  (cuckoo. hiccup,
    buzz, hiss)
     Neologism - a newly coined word or expression(snowflake,clickbait)
    https://www.globallanguageservices.co.uk/what-is-a-neologism/
     Suffixes (happy – happiness, slow – slowly,
    determine – determination)
     Prefixes (happy – unhappy, loyal – disloyal,
    calculate – miscalculate, legally – illegally)
     -dom king – kingdom
    wise – wisdom
     -ity capable – capability
    flexible – flexibility
     -ment content – contentment
    resent – resentment
     -sion, - tion celebrate – celebration
    express – expression
     -ness kind – kindness
    drowsy – drowsiness
     -ance, -ence assist – assistance
    reside – residence
     -er, -or fight – fighter
    act – actor
     -ist violin – violinist
    type – typist
     -ive extend – extensive
    select – selective
     -en wood – wooden
    gold – golden
     -ic hero – heroic
    poet – poetic
     -al finance – financial
    type – typical
     -able pleasure – pleasurable
    drink – drinkable
     -y hair – hairy
    rain – rainy
     -ous mystery – mysterious
    delirium – delirious
     -ful beauty – beautiful
    hope – hopeful
     -less thought – thoughtless
    care – careless
     -en bright – brighten
    soft – soften
     -ise, ize public – publicise
    demon – demonize
     -ate active – activate
    different – differentiate
     -(i)fy simple – simplify
    solid – solidify
     -ly worried – worriedly
    distant – distantly
     a- moral – amoral
    theist – atheist
     non- compliance – noncompliance
    sense – nonsense
     dis- infect – disinfect
    arm – disarm
     de- frost – defrost
    code – decode
     in- articulate – inarticulate
    sanity – insanity
    but

     im- (m/p/b) moral – immoral


    possible – impossible
     il- (l) logical – illogical
    legal – illegal
     ir- (r) relevant – irrelevant
    regular – irregular
     un- able – unable
    helpful – unhelpful
     anti- war – antiwar
    virus – antivirus
     counter- part – counterpart
    strike – counterstrike
     extra- ordinary – extraordinary
    curricular – extracurricular
     http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/reading/
    suffixes.html#noun
     http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/
    prefixtext.htm
     http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/
    prefixes.htm

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