More examples of acronyms Back-formation donate donation edit editor ept inept daydream daydreamer Which word is older? Which word do we have first? Back-formation Back-formation is the making of a new word from an older word which is mistakenly thought to be ...
Ⅰ. Word Formation There are three major processes of word formation: derivation, compounding and conversion. <Ⅰ>. Derivation: 〔派生 Derivation or affixation is generally defined as a word-formation process by which new words are created by adding a prefix, or suffix, or both, to the base...
Minor Word Formation Processes MinorWordFormationProcesses Review Word-formationinEnglish:1)Affixation PrefixationSuffixation Conversiontonoun Threemajormeans 2)Conversion ConversiontoverbMinorcategoriesofconversion ofword-formation 3)Compounding 4)Clipping5)Acronymy6)Blending7)Back-formation8)Analogy9)Onomatopoeia ...
Word Formation in English The English language has a natural acumen for combining words to create powerfully evocative phrases. Examples include sunstroke, pick-pocketing, elbow-room, land-lord, hummingbird, and a variety of other things. When there are two pieces to a compound word, they are ...
II.Processofword-formation:compounding III.Assignment I.ReviewingAffixes-1 TranslatethefollowingEnglishwordsintotheir appropriateChinesebasedonyourknowledgeof suffix. education-wise;money-wise;economical;economic;comic; comical;politic;political;womanly;womanish; ...
Back-formation Back-formation is the process of deriving words by dropping what is thought to be a suffix or (occasionally) a prefix. It applies chiefly to the coining of verbs from nouns. Examples:abled (disabled), to explete (expletive), to enthuse (enthusiasm), to liase (liason); to...
Following are some examples: Chunnel(=channel + tunnel) / brunch(=breakfast + lunch) / motel(=motorist+hotel) 5 Back-formation Back-formation is the process of word-building by which elements are subtracted from a complex word. e.g. beggar---beg burglar---burgle The majority of back...
Ⅰ.WordFormation (词汇学)WordFormation Therearethreemajorprocessesofwordformation:derivation,compoundingandconversion.(词汇学)WordFormation (Ⅰ).Derivation:（派生）Derivationoraffixationisgenerallydefinedasaword-formationprocessbywhichnewwordsarecreatedbyaddingaprefix,orsuffix,orboth,tothebase.(词汇学)Word...
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•Otherexamples? Special–yclipping •Hypocorismsarewordsshortenedand finishedwitha–ysound. •Television=telly •Barbeque=barbie •Hipster=hippy BritsandAussiesusethisALOT. Acronyms •Ofcourse,weallknowwhattheseare.But, thesesometimesbecomeeverydaywords ...