PROCESSES WHERE NEW WORDS ARE FORMED

1. Major Word Formation Processes
(Processes that are formed frequently or commonly in the use of the English language)

A. AFFIXATION
Process of forming words by adding affixes to morphemes

English uses only prefixes and suffixes
Sing + er = singer
Un + er = unreal

B. COMPOUNDING
Process that forms new words from two or more independent words
Examples of words formed by the compounding process:
Girl + friend = girlfriend
Text + book = textbook

C. REDUPLICATION
Process of forming new words either by doubling an entire word (total reduplication) or part of a word (partial reduplication)

English makes use of reduplication very sporadically

Total reduplication is extremely rare!
Humpty - dumpty
Hocus - pocus

D. SUPPLETION
A relationship between forms of a word wherein one form cannot be phonologically or morphologically derived from the other (this process is rare).

Am vs. was
Go vs. went

2. MINOR WORD FORMATION PROCESSES
(Occur less frequently in the English language)

A. Acronym
Words  that are formed from the initials of several words.
RAM = Random Access Memory
CD = Compact Disk

B. BLENDING
Process of creating a new word by combining the parts of two different words, usually the beginning of one word and the end of another.
Motor + hotel = motel
Camera + recorder = camcoder

C. CLIPPING
Process of creating new words by shortening parts of a longer word.
Doctor - doc
Dormitory - dorm

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