Word Formation Processes

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Introduction of Different Types of
Word Formation Word Formation
Processes Processes
 01
Introduction of
Word Formation
Processes
-Word Formation is the creation of new
word
-The process of forming new words
from words or word group with the
same root.
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Different Types of
Word Formation
Processes
 Different Types of Word Formation Processes

01 02 03
Coinage Eponyms Borrowing

04 05 06
Compounding Blending Clipping
 Coinage
-is an invention of new terms.
-is the word formation process in which a
new word is created either
DELIBERATELY or ACCIDENTALLY
without using the other word formation
processes and often from seemingly
nothing.
 Example

1. Band-aid 4. Muggle
2. Frisbee 5. Aspirin
3. Nylon 6. Google
 Eponyms
-An eponym is a person, place, or thing
after whom or which someone or
something is, or is believed to be, named.
 Example
1. Joule - James Prescot Joule
2. America - Amerigo Vespucci
3. Fahrenheit - Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
4. Sandwich – Earl of Sandwich
5. Diesel - Rudolph Diesel
6. Boycott - Captain Charles C. Boycott
 Borrowing
-Which a word from one language is
adapted for use in another.
1. AnonymousExample
(Greek) 6. Cartoon
(Italian)
2. Karaoke (Japanese) 7. Loot (Hindi)
3. Safari (Arabic) 8. Avatar (Sanskrit)
4. Cookie (Dutch) 9. Ketchup
(Chinese)
5. Entrepreneur (French) 10. Sushi
(Japanese)
 Compounding
-Compound words are formed when two
or more words are put together to form a
new word with a new meaning.
-They don’t have a space between them
and they are the type that generally comes
to mind when we think of compound
words.
 Example
1. Can+not = Cannot 2. Base+ball=Baseball
3. Fire+works =FireWorks 4.
Grand+mother=GrandMother
5. Else+where = Elsewhere 6. Up+side = Upside
7. To+gether = Together 8. Sun+flower =
Sunflower
9. Cross+walk = Crosswalk 10. Be+come = Become
11. Basket+ball = BasketBall 12. Moon+light
= Moonlight 13.Foot+ball = Football
 Blending
-A word blend is formed by combining
two separate words with different
meanings to form a new one.
-These words are often created to
describe a new invention or phenomenon
that combines the definitions or traits of
two existing things.
 Example
1. Channel + Tunnel = Chunnel
2. Stay + Vacation = Staycation
3. Friend + Enemy = Frenemy
4. Sports + Broadcast =Sportscast
 Clipping
-Clipping is one of the ways new words
are created in English.
-It involves the shortening of a longer
word, often reducing it to one syllable.
Many examples are very informal or
slang.
 Example
1. Veteran/ Veterinarian = Vet
2. Gasoline = Gas
3. Gymnasium = Gym
4. Hamburger = Burger
5. Referee = Ref
6. Airplane = Plane
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