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Processes in English
(word building)
is the process of building new
words by means of existing
elements of language according to
certain patterns and rules
1 Affixation = adding an
Noun-forming
suffixes:
Adjective-forming
suffixes:
Verb-forming
suffixes:
Adverb-forming
suffixes:
B) Prefixation
- a prefix usually changes or
concretizes the lexical meaning of a
word and only rarely parts of speech,
e. g. write rewrite, smoker nonsmoker
- Prefixes are sometimes used to form
new verb: circle encircle, large
enlarge etc.
Negation
or opposition:
Repetition,
making it possible:
Degree,
measure or size:
Time
Number
Attitude,
collaboration, membership:
Pejoration:
mis-: misinform, mislead, misuse
pseudo-: pseudo-scientific, pseudo-intellectual
2 Compounding
is one of the
principal, most productive, and the
oldest
way
of
creating
words
in
English
Source:
Kvetko, P: Essentials of Modern English Lexicology, Bratislava
2001, pg. 35 - 45