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Word Formation
in Modern English
Павленко Валентина Александровна
МАОУ «СОШ № 4»,
г. Ялуторовск
![The aim of my work is to analyze word formation in Modern English](http://fsd.compedu.ru/html/2017/11/22/i_5a1572536f60f/img_phpfxp4Bk_Slovoobrazovanie-v-sovremennom-anglijskom_1.jpg)
The aim of my work is
to analyze word formation in Modern English
![Word formation is the process of creating new words](http://fsd.compedu.ru/html/2017/11/22/i_5a1572536f60f/img_phpfxp4Bk_Slovoobrazovanie-v-sovremennom-anglijskom_2.jpg)
Word formation is the process of creating new words
![Main Ways of Word Formation in Modern English](http://fsd.compedu.ru/html/2017/11/22/i_5a1572536f60f/img_phpfxp4Bk_Slovoobrazovanie-v-sovremennom-anglijskom_3.jpg)
Main Ways of Word Formation in Modern English
- Affixation.
- Conversion.
- Compounding
![un- Negative Prefixes Prefixes don’t change the word class! il- unfair; uncommon; untrue... im- illegal; illegitimate; illogical... dis- impossible; immature; imperfect... disadvantage; dislike; dishonest... in- Mis- incorrect; informal; inconvenient... ir- misunderstanding; mistrust; misbehave... Non-](http://fsd.compedu.ru/html/2017/11/22/i_5a1572536f60f/img_phpfxp4Bk_Slovoobrazovanie-v-sovremennom-anglijskom_4.jpg)
un-
Negative Prefixes
Prefixes don’t change
the word class!
il-
- unfair;
- uncommon;
- untrue...
im-
- illegal;
- illegitimate;
- illogical...
dis-
- impossible;
- immature;
- imperfect...
- disadvantage;
- dislike;
- dishonest...
in-
Mis-
- incorrect;
- informal;
- inconvenient...
ir-
- misunderstanding;
- mistrust;
- misbehave...
Non-
- irrational;
- irrelevant;
- irresponsible...
- non-smoker;
- non-violent;
- non-profit...
![Word Formation Processes 1. Derivation 2. Back-formation 3. Conversion 4. Compounding 5. Clipping 6. Blending 7. Abbreviations 8. Acronyms 9. Eponyms 10. Coinages 11. Nonce words 12. Borrowing 13. Calquing](http://fsd.compedu.ru/html/2017/11/22/i_5a1572536f60f/img_phpfxp4Bk_Slovoobrazovanie-v-sovremennom-anglijskom_5.jpg)
Word Formation Processes
1. Derivation
2. Back-formation
3. Conversion
4. Compounding
5. Clipping
6. Blending
7. Abbreviations
8. Acronyms
9. Eponyms
10. Coinages
11. Nonce words
12. Borrowing
13. Calquing
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“ Language is the dress of thought”
Francis Bacon