Jan 17 Lecture Flashcards
metathesis
a morphological process in which two segments are switched
reduplication
morphological process in which an entire form is copied
Conversion
morphological non-process in which there is no change to the form, only grammatical quality
duplifix
the affix that occurs with a combination of reduplication and affixation
What are the three distinct ways that we get new lexemes?
Indigenous vocabulary, borrowing from another language, creation by speakers of the language
compounding
two bases are put together to form a new word - icebox, farmhouse, upstairs
eponymy
new words are created from personal names - boycott, pasteurize, atlas, Kleenex
blending
two bases are mushed together to create a new word - blog, brunch, flurry, chortle
onomatopoeia
new words are created from sounds - hiss, meow, baa, splash
acronym
letters forming an acronym (which is pronounced as a word) become a new word - snafu, scuba, radar
alphabetism
letters forming an alphabetism (in which each letter is pronounced on its own) become a new word - CD, DVD, url, CBC
clipping
one or more syllables are removed to form a word - fridge, flu, zoo, info
derivation
affixes are added to the form to create a new word - readable, unhappy
back-formation
a supposed affix is misinterpreted and removed to form a new word - resurrect from resurrection, burgle from burglar, orientate from orientation
neoligisms
also known as coinage, new words are created from scratch and popularized - quark, blurb
