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435 Asd 2235
435 Asd 2235
435 Asd 2235
WF_2024
1. Introduction
1.1. General
1.1.1. Aims of the course
68-75 2
76-84 3
85-92 4
93-100 5
1.1.3. Overview
1. Introduction
1.1. General
1.2. Types of word-formation processes
2. Concatenative word-formation processes
2.1. Affixation
2.1.1. Prefixation
2.1.2. Suffixation
2.2. Compounding
2.2.1. Introductory notes
2.2.2. Noun compounds
2.2.3. Adjective compounds
3. Non-concatenative word-formation processes
3.1. Conversion/Zero derivation
3.2. Back-formation
3.3. Reduplication
3.4. Clipping
3.5. Blending
3.6. Abbreviation
4. Productivity in word-formation
4.1. Productivity and creativity
4.2. Constraints on productivity of word-formation
processes
1.1.4. Literature
Obligatory:
derivation:
produce → producer
word → wordsmith
Free or bound morphemes?
hand-out
geo-logy
dis-respect
ROOT: the irreducible core of a word, with absolutely
nothing else attached to it, it is the part that is always
present, possibly with some modification, in the
various manifestations of a lexeme, e.g. walk in walk,
walks, walking, walked, etc.
beauty, beautiful
beautify, beautificiation
What are the bases in the following words?
disprove
modifier
postpone
prefabrication
promotional
personality
inflectional and derivational morphemes form words in
different ways.
derivational ones form new words either by changing
the meaning of the base to which they are attached, or
by changing the word-class that a base belongs to.
Concatenative vs non-concatenative word-formation
processes