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Features of word formation in the English language
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Word formation the process of forming new words according to the certain models existing in the language
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word formation Types of Affixation Conversion Abbreviation Compounding
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Prefixation Suffixation Infixation Affixation
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Suffix Stardom Crazily
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Suffix Picturesque Picturesque Broaden
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Prefix Outhouse Foresee
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Prefix Embrace Anteroom
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Infix Beware – be-awfully-ware Theological – Theo-jolly-logical
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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
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Compounding Brain+child Butter+cup
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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
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Jenny wintered in Spain
Conversion Chair (n) To chair (v) Winter (n) To winter (v) Jenny wintered in Spain He chairs the committee meetings
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GMT = Greenwich mean time WHO = World Health Organisation
Abbreviation GMT = Greenwich mean time WHO = World Health Organisation British United Press BUP = Personal Assistant PA =
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Graphics Interchange Format
Acronym the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance COMECON = Gravity force G-force = Graphics Interchange Format GIF =
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cutting off two or more syllables of a word
Clipping cutting off two or more syllables of a word coon raccoon specs spectacles
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Clipping mit mitten tec detective
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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
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Blendings mimsy = miserable+flimsy neutopia = new+utopia
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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.
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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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