Word Formation Flashcards
Tokens and types
all words
all different words
Lexeme vs. lexical unit
all forms of a word in all meanings
the union of a single sense with various word forms
extending the lexicon
borrowing from other language (egg scandinavia)
transfer of meaning (hand - long piece of metal on clock)
coinings: neologism (using existing material: snowboard, heliport or inventing new words from scratch: Kodak, quark)
Word Formation: Compounding
combining two free lexical morphemes
houseboat
{wash} + {ing} + {machine}
Word Formation: Affixation / Derivation
prefixation: {prefix} + base: {un-} + {happy}
suffixation: base + {suffix}: {star} + {-let}
Word Formation: Conversion / Zero-derivation
brake + Ø > (to) brake
bottle + Ø > (to) bottle
Word Formation: Back-formation
word minus real or assumed suffix
babysitter > (to) babysit
burglar > (to) burgle
Word Formation: Clipping
(tele)phone
photo(graph)
(in)flu(enza)
Word Formation: Blending
smoke + fog > smog
motor + hotel > motel
Word Formation: Acronymisation
NATO, radar, laser
Word Formation: Abbreviation
FBI, TV
Word Formation: Familiarity marker
compfy, telly, mummy, susie
Word Formation: Reduplicatives
wishy-washy, teeny-weeny
Word Formations
Compounding
Affixation/derivation
Conversion/zero-derivation
Backformation
Clipping
Blending
Acronymisation
abbreviation
familiarity marker
redublicatives
