Word formation 1 Lesson 7B

CLASSIFYING GRAMMAR

CLASSIFYING MORPHOLOGY

THE OVERALL PICTURE

swim CONVERSION when a word changes its word class to swim (verb)a swim (noun)

CONVERSION to rainrain to bicyclea bicycle to cheat a cheat

CNN, NATO ACRONYMS initials which are pronounced as single words

ping-pong, teeny-weeny REDUPLICATION a lexeme with two identical, or very similar, constituents

motel, brunch, heliport BLENDING when a word is made out of shortened forms of other words BR-eakfast + l-UNCH = BRUNCH

BLENDING motel heliport mo-tor? + ho-tel heli-copter + air-port

gas CLIPPING when a word of more than one syllable is reduced to a shorter form gasoline gas

CLIPPING burger deli mike hamburger delicatessen microphone

edit, televise, demo BACK FORMATION When a word of one type is reduced to form a word of a different type editoredit

BACK FORMATION televisiontelevise demonstrationdemo

Aussie HYPOCORISM A longer word is reduced to a single syllable and then -y or -ie is added Australian Auss + -ieAussie

HYPOCORISM moving picture move + ie movie

quack, woof ONOMATOPEIA When a word is created to sound like the thing it names

Darwinian EPONYM when a word is derived from the name of a person

EPONYMY Buzz Lightyear is derived from Buzz Aldrin the astronaut Garibaldi biscuits were marketed in England after Garibaldi’s visit (and you can still buy them)

nylon, aspirin COINAGE the invention of a totally new word This often occurs with scientific names and trade names of new products

Quiz (1) vet = clipping fantabulous = blending (fantastic + fabulous) Google = coinage (a new invention) to Google (vb) = conversion from Google (noun) doc = clipping (from doctor) zig-zag =reduplication fahrenheit = eponym

Quiz (2) ‘Sob!’ = onomatopeia hankie = hypocorism AIDS = acronymy to biograph = back-formation from biography (noun) infotainment = blending (information + entertainment) to party = conversion from party (noun)