This document discusses derivational morphology and word formation in English. It covers four main types of word markers: 1) Noun markers, which form new nouns from other parts of speech like -ship and -ity. Examples include citizenship and ideology. 2) Verb markers, which form new verbs like -en and -ize. Examples include widen and modernize. 3) Adjective markers, which form new adjectives like -ic, -ous, and -ing. Examples include alcoholic, dangerous, and boring. 4) Adverb markers, which form new adverbs like -ly. An example is smoothly. The document provides examples of affixes that can derive