The document discusses six types of word formation processes in English: compounding, derivation, affixation, blending, clipping, and acronyms. Compounding forms words from two or more root morphemes like "dog house". Derivation creates new words from roots through changes in parts of speech. Affixation adds morphemes like prefixes and suffixes. Blending combines parts of multiple words to form new words like "smog". Clipping shortens words without changing their meanings. Acronyms make words from the initial letters of phrases.

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Types of Word Formation Processes
1. Compounding: Compounding forms a word out of two or more root morphemes. The words
are called compounds or compound words.
Example:
 Mail carrier
 Dog house
 Fireplace
2. Derivation: is the creation of words by modification of a root without the addition of other
roots. Often the effect is a change in part of speech.
Example
 Kindness is derived from kind.
 Joyful is derived from joy.
 Amazement is derived from amaze.
 Speaker is derived from speak.
 National is derived from nation
3. Affixation (Subtype of Derivation): affixation is the process of adding a morpheme (or affix)
to a word to create either (a) a different form of that word (e.g., bird → birds), or (b) a new
word with a different meaning (bird →birder). Affixation is the most common way of
making new words in English.
4. Blending: is the word formation process in which parts of two or more words combine to
create a new word whose meaning is often a combination of the original words
Example:
 Motor + hotel → motel

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 Smoke + fog → smog
 Web + seminar → webinar
5. Clipping: is the word formation process in which a word is reduced or shortened without
changing the meaning of the word.
Example
 Advertisement – ad
 Examination – exam
 Gasoline – gas
 Gymnasium – gym
 Influenza – flu
 Laboratory – lab
 Mathematics – math
6. Acronyms: are formed by taking the initial letters of a phrase and making a word out of
it.
Example
 NASA: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
 UN: The United Nations
 SEMO: Southeast Missouri State University
 OU: Oakland University