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Word Formation
Types of Word Formation
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Compounding
Conversion
Clipping
Blends
Backformation
Acronyms
Onomatopoeia
Eponyms
1. Compounding
Definition: Two or more words
joined together to form a new
word.
 Examples:
 Home + work  homework
 Pick + pocket  pickpocket
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Note: The meaning of a compound is not
always the sum of the meanings of its parts.
Coconut oil  oil made from coconuts.
 Olive oil
 oil made from olives.
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 NOT oil made from babies
Baby oil
oil for babies
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cathouse

a house where men visit prostitutes
2. Conversion
Definition: Assigning an already existing
word to a new syntactic category.
 Examples:
butter (N)  to butter the bread
permit (V)  an entry permit
empty (A)  to empty the litter-bin
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3. Clipping
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Definition: Shortening a polysyllabic word
by deleting one or more syllables
Examples:
 Facsimile  fax
 Hamburger  burger
 Gasoline
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 Advertisement 
 Omnibus
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4. Blends
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Definition: Similar to compounds, but
parts of the words are deleted.
Examples:
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Motor + hotel  Motel
Breakfast + lunch  Brunch
Wireless + Fidelity  Wi-Fi
5. Back-formations
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Definition: Creative reduction due to
incorrect morphological analysis.
Examples:
 editor (1649)
 edit (1791)
 television (1907)
 televise (1927)
6. Acronyms
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Definition: Words derived from the initials of
several words
Examples:
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severe acute respiratory syndrome
 SARS
Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
 SCUBA
Other examples of Acronyms:
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b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Radar
FYI
TGIF
a.k.a
Html
www
SWOT
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Radio detecting and ranging
For Your Information
Thanks God It’s Friday
also known as
Hypertext mark-up language
World wide web
Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats
7. Onomatopoeia
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Definition: Words created to sound like the
thing that they name.
English
Japanese
Tagalog
Indonesian
Cock-a-doo Kokekokko Kuk-kakauk Kukuruyuk
Meow
Nya
Niyaw
Meong
8. Eponyms
Definition: Words derived from
proper names or things.
 Examples:
 Kodak
 Sandwich
 Celcius
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Complete the process and
Identify the type of word formation:
1. Return on Investment
2. information, entertainment
3. modulator, demodulator
4. love, seat
5. International, police
6. A comb
7. delicatessen
8. Capt. Charles Cunningham Boycott
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ROI
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acronym
Infotainment  blends
Modem 
blends
Loveseat  compounding
Interpol 
blends
To comb 
conversion
Deli

clipping
Boycott 
eponym
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