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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