Word Formation in English | Reading & Vocabulary Development (EN 1101)
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Understanding morphological word formation mechanisms enables HNDE students to decode unfamiliar vocabulary efficiently during intensive reading.
Key Word Formation Processes:
- Affixation: Adding prefixes (un-, dis-, pre-) and suffixes (-tion, -ment, -able) to root bases.
- Compounding: Combining two free morphemes (e.g., blackboard, sunflower).
- Conversion (Zero Derivation): Changing lexical category without affix change (e.g., to email from email).
- Blending: Fusing parts of two words together (e.g., smog = smoke + fog, brunch = breakfast + lunch).
- Clipping: Shortening a longer polysyllabic word (e.g., ad for advertisement, flu for influenza).
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