2. Word formation 1 Lesson 5B

3. CLASSIFYING GRAMMAR

4. CLASSIFYING MORPHOLOGY

5. THE OVERALL PICTURE

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

7. CONVERSION to rainrain to bicyclea bicycle to cheat a cheat

8. CNN, NATO ACRONYMS initials which are pronounced as single words

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

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

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

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

13. CLIPPING burger deli mike hamburger delicatessen microphone

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

15. BACK FORMATION televisiontelevise demonstrationdemo

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

17. HYPOCORISM moving picture move + ie movie

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

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

20. 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)

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

22. 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

23. 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)

24. INITIALISMS Acronomy When the form is pronounced as a single word (NATO, AIDS) Alphabetism When the form is pronounced by its letters (BBC, CNN)

25. INITIALISMS IN TEXT MESSAGES (1) Initials used as WORDS N no G grin Q queue Y yes

26. INITIALISMS IN TEXT MESSAGES (2) Initials used for elements in COMPOUND WORDS GF girlfriend DL download W/E weekend

27. INITIALISMS IN TEXT MESSAGES (3) Initials used for words in PHRASES CWOT complete waste of time IMO in my opinion NP no problem

28. INITIALISMS IN TEXT MESSAGES (4) Initials used for words in ELLIPTICAL or WHOLE SENTENCES JK Just kidding SWDYT So what do you think? CMB Call me back

29. INITIALISMS IN TEXT MESSAGES (5) Initials used for words in EXCLAMATIONS OMG Oh my God! YYSSW Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, whatever !