Words And Word Formation Processes

Question 1

Word formation

Answer 1

The investigation and description of process and rule-governed formation of new complex words on the basis of already existing linguistic resources.
Deals with the description of the structure of both nonce words and neologisms

Question 2

Productivity

Answer 2

A pattern is productive if it is repeatedly used in language to produce further instances of the same type

Question 3

Compounding

Answer 3

The stringing together of two or more free morphemes to one complex free morpheme, the compound

Question 4

Conversion

Answer 4

Morphological material added to a given form

Question 5

Back-formation

Answer 5

An originally older and more complex expression gives rise to the formation of a new stem. The original expression is then analysed synchronically as a derivation on the basis of a new stem and a productive suffix

Question 6

Neoclassical items

Answer 6

Forms in which lexemes of latin or greek origin are combined to form new combinations that are not attested in the original languages

Question 7

Coinage

Answer 7

The invention of totally new terms, e.g. Taking trade names for a companys product as general terms