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Chapter 4 --English Word Formation
Types of Word Formation
Affixation( Prefixation ,Suffixation) Compounding Conversion Blending Clipping Acronymy (Initialisms ,Acronyms) Back-formation Onomatopoeia Sound Reduplication Commonization of Proper Names
Examples:
gasoline gas hamburger burger delicatessen deli microphone mike
4.2. Why do we have clipping as a way of word-formation?
This is because in modern times, people tend to economical in writing and speech to keep up with the tempo of new life style. To save time one is likely to clip words that are frequently used.
4.3.Five common types of clipping:
1.Front clipping 2.Back clipping
3.Front and back clipping
4.Middle clipping
5.Phrase clipping
(1).Front clipping
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In some cases, clipping give rise to alterations in spelling and pronunciation. This change in form and sound is possibly due to the informality typical of clipped forms. For convenience and casualness in speech, people often omit one or two syllables from a word, and when it’s written down, a new spelling form is coined to suit the oral form. Eg.
4.1. Definition
Clipping 截短法
In linguistics, clipping is the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts (Marchand: 1969). long short
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(2). Back clipping
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(3).Front and back clipping
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(4). Middle clipping
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(5). Phrase clipping
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Types of Word Formation
Affixation( Prefixation ,Suffixation) Compounding Conversion Blending Clipping Acronymy (Initialisms ,Acronyms) Back-formation Onomatopoeia Sound Reduplication Commonization of Proper Names
Examples:
gasoline gas hamburger burger delicatessen deli microphone mike
4.2. Why do we have clipping as a way of word-formation?
This is because in modern times, people tend to economical in writing and speech to keep up with the tempo of new life style. To save time one is likely to clip words that are frequently used.
4.3.Five common types of clipping:
1.Front clipping 2.Back clipping
3.Front and back clipping
4.Middle clipping
5.Phrase clipping
(1).Front clipping
robot bot Internet net turnpike pike omnibus bus telephone phone violoncello cello parachute chute
In some cases, clipping give rise to alterations in spelling and pronunciation. This change in form and sound is possibly due to the informality typical of clipped forms. For convenience and casualness in speech, people often omit one or two syllables from a word, and when it’s written down, a new spelling form is coined to suit the oral form. Eg.
4.1. Definition
Clipping 截短法
In linguistics, clipping is the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts (Marchand: 1969). long short
refrigerator fridge microphone mike television telly handkerchief hanky comfortable comfy
(2). Back clipping
doctor doc gasol源自文库ne gas cablegram cable examination exam advertisement ad
(3).Front and back clipping
influenza flu detective tec prescriptionscript apollinaris polly
(4). Middle clipping
spectacles specs mathematics maths
(5). Phrase clipping
popular music pop public house pub zoological garden zoo permanent wavesperm