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1 Word Formation

2 Types of word formation
Derivation (shame – shameless) Back formation (editor – edit) Blending (smoke + fog – smog) Acronym (light amplified by stimulated emission of radiation – laser) Clipping (advertisement – ad) Compound (earth + quake – earthquake) Conversion (clean – to clean) Onomatopoeia (cuckoo) Neologism (quark)

3 Derivation Suffixes (happy – happiness, slow – slowly, determine – determination) Prefixes (happy – unhappy, loyal – disloyal, calculate – miscalculate, legally – illegally)

4 Noun suffixes -dom king – kingdom wise – wisdom
-ity capable – capability flexible – flexibility -ment content – contentment resent – resentment -sion, - tion celebrate – celebration express – expression

5 Noun suffixes -ness kind – kindness drowsy – drowsiness
-ance, -ence assist – assistance reside – residence -er, -or fight – fighter act – actor -ist violin – violinist type – typist

6 Adjective suffixes -ive extend – extensive select – selective
-en wood – wooden gold – golden -ic hero – heroic poet – poetic -al finance – financial type – typical

7 Adjective suffixes -able pleasure – pleasurable drink – drinkable
-y hair – hairy rain – rainy -ous mystery – mysterious delirium – delirious -ful beauty – beautiful hope – hopeful -less thought – thoughtless care – careless

8 Verb suffixes -en bright – brighten soft – soften
-ize public – publicize demon – demonize -ate active – activate different – differentiate -(i)fy simple – simplify solid – solidify

9 Adverb suffixes -ly worried – worriedly distant – distantly

10 Prefixes (negative) a- moral – amoral theist – atheist
non- compliance – noncompliance sense – nonsense dis- infect – disinfect arm – disarm de- frost – defrost code – decode

11 Prefixes in- articulate – inarticulate sanity – insanity but
im- (m/p/b) moral – immoral possible – impossible il- (l) logical – illogical legal – illegal ir- (r) relevant – irrelevant regular – irregular

12 Prefixes un- able – unable helpful – unhelpful
anti- war – antiwar virus – antivirus counter- part – counterpart strike – counterstrike extra- ordinary – extraordinary curricular – extracurricular

13 Reference


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