METHODS OF FORMING

WORDS OR CREATING
JARGONS
Prepared by:
Ms. Neil Estrella-Balbas
METHODS OF FORMING WORDS OR
CREATING JARGONS
1. Acronymy
2. Affixation
3. Blending
4. Borrowing
5. Clipping

6. Compounding
7. Converting
8. Hybridizing
9. Immortalizing
10.recycling

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

Examples:
Reincarnation
Abiotic
Predetermined
Post-war


Synonymous
Heroine
Remits
contribution

3. BLENDING
Removing some parts of two or more words and
putting together the remaining parts to form
new words
Examples
Sitcom
Domcast
Scifi
Polsci
Modem

Infotech
Brunch
Spork
Comsci
psywar
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
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
6. COMPOUNDING
Putting together two or more words to form new
words
Kinds:
a. Solid compound - written as one word, without
hyphen or space
b. Hyphenated compound
c. Open compound written in two separate words
COMPOUNDING
SOLID COMPOUND
footnote, headword, within

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

OPEN COMPOUND
ticket office, sound effects
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 nouns
B. Verbizing
- turning nouns and adjectives into verbs
C. Adjectivizing
- turning nouns and verbs into adjectives
CONVERTING
Examples
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
8. HYBRIDIZING
Putting together forms from two or more
languages to form new words
Examples:
Totalinis
Patatasnack
Bakya crowd

bahala-na attitude
Maana habit
9. IMMORTALIZING
Using peoples names to form new words
Examples:
Pasteurization
Maoism
Eustachian tube
Buddhism
Marxism
Phytagorean theorem
IMPORTANT PROPERTIES OF
TECHNICAL WRITING

1. MECHANICAL CORRECTNESS
Conformity with the various rules of mechanics.
Mechanical rules are:
1. Punctuation marks
2. Spelling
3. Spacing
4. Indention
5. Capitalization
6. Italicization
7. Margining
8. Use of numbers and
figures
9. Use of words
1. MECHANICAL CORRECTNESS
Some mechanical errors:

1. Misspellings
2. Fused sentences
3. Comma splices
4. Faulty punctuation









CLASSIFICATION OF STRUCTURES
IN ENGLISH SENTENCES
1. Structure of predication
2. Structure of modification
a. pre-modification
b. post-modification
3. Structure of complementation
4. Structure of coordination
5. Structure of subordination
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.
2. Structure of modification
A structure that is composed of a
headword/word modified (H) and a modifier
(M).

Examples:
a. Maytime festivals
b. Festivals during maytime

Subtypes of Structure of modification
A. pre-modification
- a modification structure in which the modifier
comes before the headword
e.g. Passing marks
successful people

B. post-modification
- a structure in which the modifier comes after the
headword
e.g. marks which are passing
People who are successful
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

4. Structure of coordination
A structure that is composed of two or more
independent units (IU) and a coordinator (CO)

Examples:
1. solids, liquids, and gases (of words)
2. Biodegradable materials or nonbiodegradable
wastes (of phrases)
3. Scientists discover new things; moreover, they
invent new devices (of clauses)
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 snake
3. After they landed on the moon
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 less
than 90 degrees.
9. An obtuse angle is an angle ______________.
10.A _________________ is an angle which measures 90
degrees.
PAIRED WORK: CW (2pts. Each = 48pts.)
Note: Dont forget to write your course in your paper.
Complete the table below with proper examples related
to your field of specialization.
METHOD OF WORD
FORMATION
EXAMPLE
1
EXAMPLE 2 EXAMPLE 3
1. BLENDING
2. BORROWING
3. CLIPPING
4. COMPOUNDING
5. AFFIXATION
6. HYBRIDIZING
7. ACRONYMY
8. IMMORTALIZING