Linguistics curriculum 005

1. LINGUISTICS CURRICULUM
LEC-05
PRESENTED BY
A.L. MOHAMMED ALADDIN

2. COMPOUNDING
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3. BLENDING
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4. CLIPPING
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5. HYPONYMY
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6. BACKFORMATION
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8. CONVERSION
• THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE FUNCTION OF A WORD, SUCH AS
A NOUN TO A VERB, AS A WAY OF FORMING NEW WORDS, ALSO
KNOWN AS “CATEGORY CHANGE” OR “FUNCTIONAL SHIFT” (E.G.
VACATION IN THEY’RE VACATIONING IN FLORIDA).
“category
change”
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“functional
shift.”
bottle, butter, chair and vacation Phrasal verbs
(to print out, to take over) also become nouns
(a printout, a takeover). One complex verb
combination (want to be) has become a new
noun, as in He isn’t in the group, he’s just a
wannabe.

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10. ACRONYMS
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11. DERIVATION
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12. ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU
• NEXT LECTURE: DERIVATION AND MULTIPLE
PROCESSES