Презентация к циклу уроков о словообразовании

Word Formation in Modern English

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"He, who knows no foreign language, doesn't know anything about their own native language". Johann Goethe

The aim of my work is to analyze word formation in Modern English

Word formation is the process of creating new words

Linguistic competence Philological outlook Language guessing

METHODS theoretical methods – reading, choosing and analyzing literature. practical methods – making a survey of data. communicative methods – a) talks with my parents, friends and classmates; b) sociological surveys of my

English is in the process of constant changes

Main Ways of Word Formation in Modern English 1.Affixation. 2.Conversion. 3.Compounding

Negative Prefixes U N -  unfair;  uncommon;  untrue... IL-  illegal;  illegitimate;  illogical... Prefixes don’t change the word class! IM-  impossible;  immature;  imperfect... DIS-  disadvantage;  dislike;  dishonest... IN-  incorrect;  informal;  inconvenient... MIS-  misunderstanding;  mistrust;  misbehave... IR-  irrational;  irrelevant;  irresponsible... NON-  non-smoker;  non-violent;  non-profit...

Suffixe s Suffixes usually change the word class of the base word! Noun formation -al  survive - survival;  arrive - arrival;  try - trial... -er  work - worker;  sing - singer;  win - winner... -ation -ment  combine - combination;  accuse - accusation;  image - imagination...  employ - employment;  move - movement;  arrange – arrangement... -ance/ -ence  perform - performance;  insure - insurance;  entry – entrance;  differ – difference;  prefer - preference... -age  carry - carriage;  use - usage;  pack - package...

Noun formation -ity  national - nationality;  feminine - femininity;  curious - curiosity... -ness  dark - darkness;  fit - fitness;  weak - weakness... -ant/ ent  study - student;  serve - servant;  assist - assistant... -dom  king - kingdom;  free - freedom;  wise - wisdom... -hood  neighbour - neighbourhood;  man - manhood;  parent - parenthood... -ship - ess  relation - relationship;  friend - friendship;  champion - championship...  actor – actress;  prince - princess;  waiter - waitress... -ist  novel – novelist;  art - artist;  piano - pianist... -th/ -t  true - truth;  grow- growth;  weigh – weight...

Adjective formation -ful -ish  tall - tallish;  dark - darkish;  green - greenish... -able/ ible  accept - acceptable;  agree - agreeable;  access - accessible...  care - careful;  beauty - beautiful;  delight - delightful... -y  sleep - sleepy;  rain - rainy;  fun - funny... -less -ous  use - useless;  shame - shameless;  hair - hairless...  fame – famous;  fury - furious;  poison - poisonous... -al -ive  electric – electrical;  nation - national;  emotion - emotional...  create – creative;  attract - attractive;  act - active...

Verb formation -en  deep - deepen;  wide - widen;  short - shorten... -ify  identity - identify;  solid - solidify;  example - exemplify... -ise/ -ize -ate  apology - apologise;  tranquil - tranquilise;  sympathy - sympathise...  regular - regulate;  circular - circulate;  domestic - domesticate...

Word Formation: Conversion Conversion is the word formation process where by a word of one part of speech converts into a word of another part of speech

Verb to Noun Conversion 1. to alert – alert 2. to attack – attack 3. to call – call 4. to clone – clone 5. to command – command 6. to cover – cover 7. to cry – cry 8. to experience – experience 9. to fear – fear 10.to feel – feel 11.to hope – hope 12.to increase – increase 13.to judge – judge 14.to laugh – laugh 15.to rise – rise 16.to run – run 17.to sleep – sleep 18.to start – start 19.to turn – turn 20.to visit – visit

Word Formation Processes 1.Derivation 2.Back-formation 3.Conversion 4.Compounding 5.Clipping 6.Blending 7.Abbreviations 8.Acronyms 9.Eponyms 10. Coinages 11. Nonce words 12. Borrowing 13. Calquing

“Language is the dress of thought” Francis Bacon

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