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METHODS OF FORMINGWORDS OR CREATING

JARGONSPrepared by:

Ms. Neil Estrella-Balbas


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1. ACRONYMY Putting together the initial letters of two or

more words to form a new word

Examples:

IT

DNA

PMA CFC

UNESCO

AIDS

GABRIELA

PACUCOA SCUBA

RSVP


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2. AFFIXATION Adding affixes (prefixes/ suffixes/ both) to roots

to form new words

Examples: Reincarnation

Abiotic Predetermined Post-war

Synonymous

Heroine Remits contribution


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3. BLENDING Removing some parts of two or more words and

putting together the remaining parts to formnew words

Examples Sitcom

Domcast Scifi Polsci Modem

Infotech

Brunch Spork Comsci psywar


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4. BORROWING Using words from other languages with or

without retaining the original spelling of such

words

Examples Pizza

Vaudeville Ballet Ikebana Kamikaze

Lasagna

Kimchi Champagne Vodka soprano


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5. CLIPPING Removing the head part, tail part, or both parts

of the word to form a new word

Examples Ref Fridge Lib Lab Math Jeep

Chemo Bike Opto Derma Antibac senti


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6. COMPOUNDING Putting together two or more words to form new

words

Kinds:a. Solid compound - written as one word, without

hyphen or spaceb. Hyphenated compoundc. Open compound written in two separate words


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COMPOUNDING SOLID COMPOUND

footnote, headword, within

HYPHENATED

Editor-in-chief, son-in-law, sergeant-at-arms

OPEN COMPOUND

ticket office, sound effects


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7. CONVERTING Changing the part of speech of words without

changing the spelling of such words to form new

words.KINDS:A.Nounizing/ nominalization

- turning verbs and adjectives to nounsB. Verbizing

- turning nouns and adjectives into verbsC. Adjectivizing

- turning nouns and verbs into adjectives


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CONVERTINGExamples

A. Nounizing/ nominalization-Swimming is her hobby.

-The old should be respected.

B. Verbizing- Dont just paint it;Sinclair it.

C. Adjectivizing- father image- wash-and-wear clothes


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8. HYBRIDIZING Putting together forms from two or more

languages to form new words

Examples:

Totalinis

Patatasnack

Bakya crowd

bahala-na attitude

Maana habit


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9. IMMORTALIZING Using peoples names to form new words

Examples: Pasteurization Maoism

Eustachian tube Buddhism Marxism Phytagorean theorem


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IMPORTANT PROPERTIES OF

TECHNICAL WRITING


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1. MECHANICAL CORRECTNESS Conformity with the various rules of mechanics.

Mechanical rules are:

1. Punctuation marks2. Spelling3. Spacing

4. Indention5. Capitalization6. Italicization

7. Margining8. Use of numbers and

figures

9. Use of words


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1. MECHANICAL CORRECTNESS

Some mechanical errors:

1. Misspellings

2. Fused sentences

3. Comma splices

4. Faulty punctuation


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CLASSIFICATION OF STRUCTURESIN ENGLISH SENTENCES

1. Structure of predication

2. Structure of modificationa. pre-modification

b. post-modification

3. Structure of complementation4. Structure of coordination

5. Structure of subordination


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1. Structure of predication A structure that is composed of a subject (S) and

a predicate (P)

Examples:

a. An academic year usually starts in June.

b. A fiscal year always begins on January 1.


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2. Structure of modification A structure that is composed of a

headword/word modified (H) and a modifier

(M).

Examples:

a. Maytime festivalsb. Festivals during maytime


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Subtypes of Structure of modification

A. pre-modification- a modification structure in which the modifiercomes before the headword

e.g. Passing markssuccessful people

B. post-modification

- a structure in which the modifier comes after theheadword

e.g. marks which are passingPeople who are successful


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3. Structure of complementation A structure that is composed of a verb/ verbal

(V) and a complement (COMP)

Examples:

1. To hold the natives captive

2. Comprise the atmosphere

3. Examine the specimen

4. In the vial

5. Experimenting on the guinea pigs


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5. Structure of subordination A structure that is composed of a dependent

unit (DU) and a subordinator (SUB)

Examples:

1. Due to the cold climate

2. Because he was bitten by a venomous snake3. After they landed on the moon


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ACTIVITY Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words to complete

the sentence definitions.

1. A triangle is a __________ which has three sides.2. A ________ is a polygon which has four sides

3. An _______________ is a triangle which has equal sides.4. A ___________ is a polygon which has six angles.5. An octagon is a polygon ___________________.6. A decagon is a polygon ____________________.7. A dodecagon is a polygon ___________________.

8. An acute angle is an _______________ which measures lessthan 90 degrees.

9. An obtuse angle is an angle ______________.10.A _________________ is an angle which measures 90

degrees.


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PAIRED WORK: CW (2pts. Each = 48pts.)Note: Dont forget to write your course in your paper.

Complete the table below with proper examples relatedto your field of specialization.

METHOD OF WORDFORMATION

EXAMPLE1

EXAMPLE 2 EXAMPLE 3

1. BLENDING2. BORROWING

3. CLIPPING

4. COMPOUNDING

5. AFFIXATION

6. HYBRIDIZING

7. ACRONYMY

8. IMMORTALIZING

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