Word Formation
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Word Formation
Deny A. Kwary
http://www.kwary.net
Airlanga University
Types of Word Formation
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Compounding
Conversion
Clipping
Blends
Backformation
Acronyms
Onomatopoeia
Eponyms
1. Compounding
Definition: Two or more words
joined together to form a new
word.
Examples:
Home + work homework
Pick + pocket pickpocket
Note: The meaning of a compound is not
always the sum of the meanings of its parts.
Coconut oil oil made from coconuts.
Olive oil
oil made from olives.
Baby oil
cathouse
blue-movies
blue-chip
NOT
foroil
babies
made from babies
oil
a house where men visit prostitutes
2. Conversion
Definition: Assigning an already existing
word to a new syntactic category.
Examples:
butter (N) to butter the bread
permit (V) an entry permit
empty (A) to empty the litter-bin
3. Clipping
Definition: Shortening a polysyllabic word
by deleting one or more syllables
Examples:
Facsimile fax
Hamburger burger
Gasoline
Advertisement
Omnibus
4. Blends
Definition: Similar to compounds, but
parts of the words are deleted.
Examples:
Motor + hotel Motel
Breakfast + lunch Brunch
Wireless + Fidelity Wi-Fi
5. Back-formations
Definition: Creative reduction due to
incorrect morphological analysis.
Examples:
editor (1649)
edit (1791)
television (1907)
televise (1927)
6. Acronyms
Definition: Words derived from the initials of
several words
Examples:
severe acute respiratory syndrome
SARS
Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
SCUBA
Other examples of Acronyms:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Radar
FYI
TGIF
a.k.a
Html
www
SWOT
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Radio detecting and ranging
For Your Information
Thanks God It’s Friday
also known as
Hypertext mark-up language
World wide web
Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats
7. Onomatopoeia
Definition: Words created to sound like the
thing that they name.
English
Japanese
Tagalog
Indonesian
Cock-a-doo Kokekokko Kuk-kakauk Kukuruyuk
Meow
Nya
Niyaw
Meong
8. Eponyms
Definition: Words derived from
proper names or things.
Examples:
Kodak
Sandwich
Celcius
Complete the process and
Identify the type of word formation:
1. Return on Investment
2. information, entertainment
3. modulator, demodulator
4. love, seat
5. International, police
6. A comb
7. delicatessen
8. Capt. Charles Cunningham Boycott
ROI
acronym
Infotainment blends
Modem
blends
Loveseat compounding
Interpol
blends
To comb
conversion
Deli
clipping
Boycott
eponym