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Word formation processes in English, Derivational morphology, Inflectional…
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Derivational morphology
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Derivation (process)
affixation ( changing the form of the base or by adding affixes to it (e.g., “hope” to “hopeful”)
prefixation (formation of words by means of adding a prefix to the stem (e.g., "sane" to "insane"
suffixation (the process whereby a bound morpheme is attached to the end of a stem (e.g., "friend" to "friendship")
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Abbreviation: St. (street or saint)
initials: IT (information technology)
acronyms: ASAP (as soon as possible)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
Shortening
- lexical:
clipping ( clipping retains the final part of the word (e.g., "robot" to "bot")
- graphical:
*borrowed from Latin
*native (informal speech, slang)
Blending
(two or more words are merged into one (e.g.,"motel (motor + hotel) or blizzaster (blizzard + disaster)
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