Features of word formation in the English language

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Features of word formation in the English language

Word formation the process of forming new words according to the certain models existing in the language

word formation Types of Affixation Conversion Abbreviation Compounding

Prefixation Suffixation Infixation Affixation

Suffix Stardom Crazily

Suffix Picturesque Picturesque Broaden

Prefix Outhouse Foresee

Prefix Embrace Anteroom

Infix Beware – be-awfully-ware Theological – Theo-jolly-logical

joining of two separate words to produce a single word Compounding joining of two separate words to produce a single word Pick+pocket Tender+foot

Compounding Brain+child Butter+cup

change of the function (part of speech) of word. Conversion change of the function (part of speech) of word. Bottle (n) To bottle (v) Eye (n) To eye (v) My doctor eyed my stomach My mother bottled the juice

Jenny wintered in Spain Conversion Chair (n) To chair (v) Winter (n) To winter (v) Jenny wintered in Spain He chairs the committee meetings

GMT = Greenwich mean time WHO = World Health Organisation Abbreviation GMT = Greenwich mean time WHO = World Health Organisation British United Press BUP = Personal Assistant PA =

Graphics Interchange Format Acronym the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance COMECON = Gravity force G-force = Graphics Interchange Format GIF =

cutting off two or more syllables of a word Clipping cutting off two or more syllables of a word coon raccoon specs spectacles

Clipping mit mitten tec detective

slimnastics = slim+gymnastics Blendings combining two words that include the letters or sounds they have in common as a connecting element. slimnastics = slim+gymnastics galumph= gallop+triumph

Blendings mimsy = miserable+flimsy neutopia = new+utopia

Word formation in marketing press Almost every type of word-formation is widely used in the texts of business discourse and many of them are stated in the articles about modern marketing.

Word formation in marketing press Figure 1: Types of word-formation. Suffixation – 57 (57 %) Prefixation – 13 (13 %) Compounding – 24 (24 %) Abbreviation – 6 (6 %)

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