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

2. 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.

3. Rules Derivation Reduplication Back Formation Compounding Calque
Coining
Blending
Acronym
Clipping

4. 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

5. 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-pos
Hard disk
hardeskyf
Keyboard
sleutelbord
Colour slide
kleurskuifie
German
Wolkenkratzer
(sky scraper)
wolkekrabber
French
pomme de terre
(potato)
aartappel

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

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

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