Major-Processes-of-Word-Formation

MajorProcessesofWordFormationSummary•Morphemesarethesmallestmeaningfulunitsthatmayconstitutewordsorpartsofword.Semantically,theyfallintorootandaffix.Aformtowhicharuleofword-formationisappliediscalledabase.Prefixationistheformationofwordswiththehelpofprefixes.Prefixesdonotgenerallychangethewordclassofthebase,•butchangetheirmeanings.Suffixationistheformationofwordswiththehelpofsuffixes.Theyareeitherclasschangingorclassmaintaining.Acompoundisunitconsistingoftwoormorebases.Insyntaxcompoundwordsbehavelikesimplewords.Forgrammarianscompoundsareinterestingbecausetheyhaveinternalstructure.Semantically,compoundsusuallyhaveidiosyncraticmeanings.1.Onthelineprovided,writethemeaningthattheprefixaddsineachword.2.Byaddingasuffix,changeeachwordtothewordclassindicatedinparentheses.Writethenewword.3.Explainthemeaningofthefollowingcompounds.Exercises1)malpractice______2)renew______3)unfold______4)automation______5)circumvent______6)counterounch______7)introvert______8)respond______9)intrastate______10)extract______withinbacktotheinsideagainstoutbadagainoppositeselfaroundback•1)honor(adjective)_______•2)fail(noun)_______•3)recent(noun)_______•4)idol(verb)_______•5)smoke(adjective)_______•6)strength(verb)_______•7)outrage(adjective)_______•8)author(verb)_______•9)confide(adjective)_______•10)fatal(noun)_______honorablefailureconfidentauthorizeoutrageousstrengthfatalityrecencyidolizesmokyback•1)pick-pocket•2)after-thought•3)off-white•4)gas-maskaideathatcomeslateracolorthatisnotapurewhitebuthassomegreyoryellowinitabreathingapparatuswornoverthefacetoprotecttheweareragainstpoisonousgasesapersonwhostealsthingsfrompeople’spockets•5)back-talk•6)highbrow•7)tenderfoot•8)over-dorudetalkinreplytosomeoneapersonthoughttoshowmorethanaverageknowledgeofartandintellectualinterestsapersonwhohasrecentlyarrivedinaroughplacetodo,ornament,perform,ect.,toomuchTheend