1. Features of word formation in the English language

2. Word formation
the process of forming new words according to the certain models existing in the language

3. word formation
Types of
Affixation
Conversion
Abbreviation
Compounding

4. Prefixation
Suffixation
Infixation
Affixation

5. Suffix
Stardom
Crazily

6. Suffix
Picturesque
Picturesque
Broaden

7. Prefix
Outhouse
Foresee

8. Prefix
Embrace
Anteroom

9. Infix
Beware – be-awfully-ware
Theological
– Theo-jolly-logical

10. joining of two separate words to produce a single word
Compounding
joining of two separate words
to produce a single word
Pick+pocket
Tender+foot

11. Compounding
Brain+child
Butter+cup

12. change of the function (part of speech) of word.
Conversion
change of the function (part of speech) of word.
Bottle (n)
To bottle (v)
Eye (n)
To eye (v)
My doctor eyed my stomach
My mother bottled the juice

13. Jenny wintered in Spain
Conversion
Chair (n)
To chair (v)
Winter (n)
To winter (v)
Jenny wintered in Spain
He chairs the committee meetings

14. GMT = Greenwich mean time WHO = World Health Organisation
Abbreviation
GMT = Greenwich mean time
WHO = World Health Organisation
British United Press
BUP =
Personal Assistant
PA =

15. Graphics Interchange Format
Acronym
the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
COMECON =
Gravity force
G-force =
Graphics Interchange Format
GIF =

16. cutting off two or more syllables of a word
Clipping
cutting off two or more syllables of a word
coon raccoon
specs spectacles

17. Clipping
mit mitten
tec detective

18. slimnastics = slim+gymnastics
Blendings
combining two words that include the letters or sounds they have in common as a connecting element.
slimnastics = slim+gymnastics
galumph=
gallop+triumph

19. Blendings
mimsy =
miserable+flimsy
neutopia =
new+utopia

20. Word formation in marketing press
Almost every type of word-formation is widely used in the texts of business discourse and many of them are stated in the articles about modern marketing.

21. Word formation in marketing press
Figure 1: Types of word-formation.
Suffixation – 57 (57 %)
Prefixation – 13 (13 %)
Compounding – 24 (24 %)
Abbreviation – 6 (6 %)

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