The document discusses various word formation processes in English, including:
1) Coinage - Creating new words, like aspirin and Xerox.
2) Compounding - Joining words together like "flower-pot" and "windmill".
3) Blending - Combining parts of words, like "smog" from "smoke" and "fog".
4) Clipping - Shortening words, like "info" from "information".
Shift in word formation process of indonesian wordsRusdi Noor Rosa
This article aims at describing word formation rules, word formation shift on acronym, cliping, and blending, and productivity of word formation found in written language of bahasa Indonesia. The data were taken from selected newspapers and magazines published locally and nationally in Indonesia. The findings indicate that there are some shifts on word fomation rules of bahasa Indonesia especially in acronym, clipping, and blending. The most productive word formation includes initial word acronym, end-part word clipping and initial parts blending.
Shift in word formation process of indonesian wordsRusdi Noor Rosa
This article aims at describing word formation rules, word formation shift on acronym, cliping, and blending, and productivity of word formation found in written language of bahasa Indonesia. The data were taken from selected newspapers and magazines published locally and nationally in Indonesia. The findings indicate that there are some shifts on word fomation rules of bahasa Indonesia especially in acronym, clipping, and blending. The most productive word formation includes initial word acronym, end-part word clipping and initial parts blending.
This is a brief explanation of how new English words are created. Also, the processes of word-formation are discussed. The writer provides the references for further reading to deepen knowledge in addressing some related issues in word-formation.
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Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. By extension, the term "the etymology of [a word]" means the origin of the particular word.
This is a brief explanation of how new English words are created. Also, the processes of word-formation are discussed. The writer provides the references for further reading to deepen knowledge in addressing some related issues in word-formation.
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Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. By extension, the term "the etymology of [a word]" means the origin of the particular word.
1. Word formation processes
•Many processes in the formation of words can
be described in order to understand language and
its basic features
•The understanding and acceptance of a new
word in our language must derive in part from
words and word-formation processes.
2. COINAGE
•Creation of a totally new word.
•This word formation process is not frequent
•Large corporations invent short eye-catching names for
their products: aspirin - Xerox
•Sometimes the products that the companies want to
sell simply uses the name of the creator or inventor: an
eponym sandwich - Hoover
•Frequently used in science where units of
measurement are named after people, like: hertz, volt,
Celsius.
3. COMPOUNDING
•Two different words joined together to denote one
thing; “flower-pot” “windmill” “waterfall”
•Compounds are pronounced as one unit, but
sometimes difficulties in writing arise: some compounds
are written with hyphens: full-time, good-looking; some
are written separately: bank account, mini skirt; and
some can be written in both ways.
4. BLENDING
*This process is very similar to compounding, but it is
characterized by taking only parts of words and joining
them. Famous English examples include: smog which
combines smoke and fog, motel made of motor and
hotel, Spanglish which is combination of Spanish and
English; and guesstimate, from guess and estimate
5. CLIPPING
•Shortening or reducing long words.
•Very common in English: information is clipped to info,
advertisement to advert or ad, influenza to flu,
telephone to phone.
6. BACKFORMATION
•It occurs when a word changes its form and function.
•Word of one type, which is usually a noun, is reduced
and used as a verb. To show it on an example: the
English word arms meaning weapon was backformed
to arm to mean provide weapons
7. ACRONYMS
*Word formed from initial letters of a few
words in a phrase or a name.
*Some acronyms are pronounced by saying
each letter separately, as in CD, DVD, VCR,
IBM, FBI. Some are pronounced as words,
like NATO, laser, AIDS.
8. DERIVATION
*The most common word formation process in
the English language.
* Adding affixes: prefixes, suffixes or infixes
9. CONVERSION
*Change in function of a verb without changing its
form.
*Nouns used as verbs like: bottle – to bottle, bottling:
I’m bottling the compote; butter – to butter,
buttered: I’ve buttered the bread.
*Also verbs can become nouns: must – a must:
Watching this film is a must
10. •The above mentioned word formation
processes are the most frequent or
important in the English language, but it
is rarely the case that only one process
occurs in one word. Words can be loaned
and then backformed, later on gaining an
affix. There are practically no boundaries
to those processes.