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WORD FORMATION
PROCESS
HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT
INTERAMERICAN UNIVERSITY
FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO
Dr. Maritza Santana
Prof. Ivan Mundo
Prof. Javier Martinez
Word Formation Process
How new words are being formed
in the language
The process consists of a
combination of morphemes that are
rule-governed (a new word is
formed)
PROCESSES WHERE NEW WORDS
ARE FORMED
Major Word Formation Processes
(Processes that are formed frequently or
commonly in the use of the English language)
AFFIXATION
 Process of forming words by adding affixes to
morphemes
 English uses only prefixes and suffixes
sing + er = singer
un + real = unreal
COMPOUNDING
 Process that forms new words from two or
more independent words
 Examples of words formed by the
compounding process:
girl + friend = girlfriend
text + book = textbook
REDUPLICATION
 Process of forming new words either by
doubling an entire word (total reduplication)
or part of a word (partial reduplication)
 English makes use of reduplication very
sporadically
 Total reduplication is extremely rare!
partial
reduplication
Humpty - dumpty
hocus - pocus
SUPPLETION
 A relationship between forms of a word
wherein one form cannot be phonologically or
morphologically derived from the other (this
process is rare).
am vs. was
go vs. went
MINOR WORD FORMATION
PROCESSES
(Occur less frequently in the English
language)
Acronym
 Words that are formed from the initials of
several words.
RAM = Random Access Memory
CD = Compact Disk
BLENDING
 Process of creating a new word by combining
the parts of two different words, usually the
beginning of one word and the end of
another.
motor + hotel = motel
camera + recorder = camcorder
CLIPPING
 Process of creating new words by shortening
parts of a longer word.
doctor doc
dormitory dorm

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Word Formation.ppt

  • 1. WORD FORMATION PROCESS HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT INTERAMERICAN UNIVERSITY FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO Dr. Maritza Santana Prof. Ivan Mundo Prof. Javier Martinez
  • 2. Word Formation Process How new words are being formed in the language The process consists of a combination of morphemes that are rule-governed (a new word is formed)
  • 3. PROCESSES WHERE NEW WORDS ARE FORMED Major Word Formation Processes (Processes that are formed frequently or commonly in the use of the English language)
  • 4. AFFIXATION  Process of forming words by adding affixes to morphemes  English uses only prefixes and suffixes sing + er = singer un + real = unreal
  • 5. COMPOUNDING  Process that forms new words from two or more independent words  Examples of words formed by the compounding process: girl + friend = girlfriend text + book = textbook
  • 6. REDUPLICATION  Process of forming new words either by doubling an entire word (total reduplication) or part of a word (partial reduplication)  English makes use of reduplication very sporadically  Total reduplication is extremely rare! partial reduplication Humpty - dumpty hocus - pocus
  • 7. SUPPLETION  A relationship between forms of a word wherein one form cannot be phonologically or morphologically derived from the other (this process is rare). am vs. was go vs. went
  • 8. MINOR WORD FORMATION PROCESSES (Occur less frequently in the English language)
  • 9. Acronym  Words that are formed from the initials of several words. RAM = Random Access Memory CD = Compact Disk
  • 10. BLENDING  Process of creating a new word by combining the parts of two different words, usually the beginning of one word and the end of another. motor + hotel = motel camera + recorder = camcorder
  • 11. CLIPPING  Process of creating new words by shortening parts of a longer word. doctor doc dormitory dorm