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Word Formation

BY :HARDANING LAKSONO

MUH. AMIN FAHMINAIN DHANIARTI RAHARJO


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Types of Word Formation

1. Compounding2. Conversion3. Clipping4. Blends5. Backformation6. Acronyms7. Onomatopoeia

8. Eponyms


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Note: The meaning of a compound is not

always the sum of the meanings of its parts.

Baby oil cathouse

Coconut oil oil made from coconuts.

Olive oil oil made from olives. NOT oil made from babiesoil for babies

a house where men visit prostitutes


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2. Conversion

Definition: Assigning an already existingword to a new syntactic category.Examples:butter (N) to butter the breadpermit (V) an entry permit

empty (A) to empty the litter-bin


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3. Clipping

Definition: Shortening a polysyllabic wordby deleting one or more syllables

Examples:Facsimile faxHamburger burger

Gasoline gas Advertisement adv


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4. Blends

Definition: Similar to compounds, butparts of the words are deleted.

Examples:Motor + hotel MotelBreakfast + lunch Brunch

Wireless + Fidelity Wi-Fi


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Case Study: Blends or Compunds

Wild-haired revolutionaries like Che Guevara have beenreplaced by clean-cut metrosexual icons like soccerstar David Beckham and musician Ricky Martin.(cbsnews.com, 25th November 2003).

No botox for the Retrosexual. No $1,000 haircuts. Theretrosexual man eats red meat heartily and at timeskills it himself. (The Washington Dispatch, 2nd May2004).

Another recent coinage borne out of the currentpreoccupation with male stereotyping is the noun andadjective technosexual . (Macmillan Online, January2005).


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5. Back-formations

Definition: Creative reduction due toincorrect morphological analysis.

Examples:editor (1649)

edit (1791)

television (1907) televise (1927)


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6. Acronyms

Definition: Words derived from the initials ofseveral words

Examples:severe acute respiratory syndrome

SARS

Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA


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Other examples of Acronyms:

a) Radarb) FYIc) TGIFd) a.k.ae) Html

f) wwwg) SWOT

a) Radio detecting and rangingb) For Your Informationc) Thanks God Its Friday d) also known ase) Hypertext mark-up language

f) World wide webg) Strengths, Weaknesses,

Opportunities and Threats


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7. Onomatopoeia

Definition: Words created to sound like thething that they name.

English Japanese Tagalog Indonesian

Cock-a-doo Kokekokko Kuk-kakauk Kukuruyuk

Meow Nya Niyaw Meong


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8. Eponyms

Definition: Words derived fromproper names or things.

Examples:KodakSandwichCelcius


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Complete the process and

Identify the type of word formation:

1. Return on Investment 2. information, entertainment 3. modulator, demodulator 4. love, seat 5. International, police

6. A comb 7. delicatessen 8. Capt. Charles Cunningham Boycott

ROI Infotainment Modem Loveseat Interpol

To comb Deli Boycott

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