Word formationQuirk´s view : Word formationQuirk´s view Pojmaevich Carola
Almada Claudio
Word formation : Word formation
BASE : BASE A word-form to which a rule of word formation is applied.
It can be affected by three different processes:
AFFIXATION,
CONVERSION,
COMPOUNDING.
AFFIXATION : AFFIXATION
AFFIXATION : AFFIXATION PREFIXES
Negative
Reversative or privative
Pejorative
Of degree or size
Of attitude
Locative
Of time and order
Number prefixes
Other prefixes
Conversion prefixes SUFFIXES
Noun
Noun/adjective
Verb-noun
Adjective – noun
Verb
Noun_ adjective
Adj. Borrowed and neo-classical
Other adjectives
Adverbs
CONVERSION : CONVERSION Conversion is a derivational process whereby an item changes its word class without the addition of an affix .
CONVERSION : CONVERSION Conversion and suffixation
Verb – noun
Adjective – noun
Noun – verb
Adjective – verb
Minor categories of conversion
Change of secondary word-class. Nouns
Change of secondary word-class: Verbs
Change of secondary word-clas: adjectives
Approximate conversion: voicing & Stress shift
COMPOUNDING : COMPOUNDING A compound is a unit consisting of two or more bases.
COMPOUNDING : COMPOUNDING Noun compounds
Subject and verb compounds
Verb and object compounds
Verb and adverbial compounds
Verbless compounds
Bahuviri compounds
Adjectives compunds
COMPOUNDING : COMPOUNDING Adjectives Compounds
Verb and object compounds
Verb and adverbial compounds
Verbless compounds
Verb compounds
COMPOUNDING : COMPOUNDING Reduplicatives
Clipping
Blends
Acronyms