Morphology
- 3. Types of words fomation processes
1. Borrowing: Jewel ( French), piano
( Italian), sofa ( Arabic), yogurt (
Turkish)
2. Compounding: Bookcase,
texbook, good-looking, schoolbag,
flower vase.
- 4. 3. Blending: smog, brunch, motel,
telecast, Spanglish.
4. Clipping: gas( gasoline),bra(
brassiere),fan ( fanatic), flu (
influenza),
5. Hypocorism: telly(television),
barbie( barbecue), toastie(
toasted sandwich)
- 5. 6. Backformation: televise from
television,
donate from
donation.
7. Conversion: dust (n ) dust (v)
glue (n) glue (v)
8. Coinage: xerox, kleenex, teflon,
vaseline zipper
9. Derivation: Prefixes: mis-, pre-, un- re-
in-