Данная презентация к циклу уроков по английскому языку для учащихся 10-11 классов, которые занимаются по УМК Гроза О.Л. «Английский нового тысячелетия». В презентации представлены основные способы словообразования в современном английском языке. Она описывает аффиксацию и конверсию, как способы обогащения английского языка.
Word
Formation
in Modern
English
Foreign languages in my
life
"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
Now let’s practise
Word Formation in
Modern English
Словообразование в современном английском общ.pptx
