MORPHOLOGY HOW TO INVENT NEW WORDS IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AFRIKAANS Name: Nabilah Binti Jamal Noorilahi Matric No: 1411316 ENCOM – Intro to Linguistics

Morphology identification, analysis, and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as root words, affixes, parts of speech, intonations and stresses, or implied context. is the study of word structure and word formation.

Rules Derivation Reduplication Back Formation Compounding Calque Coining Blending Acronym Clipping

Reduplication a word-formation process in which meaning is expressed by repeating all or part of a word. [variation] Afrikaans Definition Reduplicate krap to scratch one's self krap-krap-krap to scratch one's self vigorously koes to dodge Piet hardloop koes-koes weg running away (Piet) while constantly dodging / cringing sukkel to struggle sukkel-sukkel making slow progress; struggling on plek point dit het plek-plek gereën it rained here and there kierang to cheat kierang-kierang indicate being cheated on repeatedly

Calque A word formation process in which a borrowed word or phrase is translated from one language to another. Language Word Afrikaans English Business besigheid E-mail e-pos Hard disk hardeskyf Keyboard sleutelbord Colour slide kleurskuifie German Wolkenkratzer (sky scraper) wolkekrabber French pomme de terre (potato) aartappel

Acronym / Abbreviations a word formed from the initial letters of a name or by combining initial letters of a series of words. Afrikaans Afrik

Acronym / Abbreviations Datatoegangsobjekte Data Access Objects DAO ActiveX Data Objects ActiveX-dataobjekte ADO

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