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Hello Students!. Good Morning to all of you!. Word Formation. Topic of the Day. Methods of Word Formation. Using Affixes Compound formation Reduplication Initialism Acronyms Clipping. …..contd. Contraction Elision blend Borrowings Conversions Inventions Echoism.

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  1. Hello Students! Good Morning to all of you! By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  2. Word Formation Topic of the Day By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  3. Methods ofWord Formation • Using Affixes • Compound formation • Reduplication • Initialism • Acronyms • Clipping By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  4. …..contd. • Contraction • Elision • blend • Borrowings • Conversions • Inventions • Echoism By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  5. 1. Using Affixes Prefixes (prefixes + base) = new word un + stable = unstable By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  6. 1. Using Affixes Suffixes (base + suffixes) = new word boy + hood = boyhood By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  7. 1. Using Affixes Infixes (between the two base word) but rarely used Sher-e-Punjab By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  8. 2. Compound formation • By joining two or more bases. • Bases separated by hyphen ( though not in all cases) e.g. Fire-engine • Motor-cycle By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  9. 3. Reduplication • Words are formed out of two such element as are almost alike. • These element may be identical or slightly different. • e.g. Kit-kat • Trin-trin By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  10. 4. Initialism These are words formed by joining together the initial letters of other words and is read letter by letter. • e.g. UN - united nations TV - television By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  11. 5. Acronyms An Acronym is formed by joining together the initial letters of other words and is pronounced as a word. e.g. Basic = Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. (a computer language) AIDS = Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  12. 6. Clipping Some words are used in shortened form by subtracting one or more syllables from a word. e.g. Phone (Telephone) Photo (Photograph) By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  13. 7. Contraction A word written with a part missing from the middle . e.g. Ms. (Miss) Dept. (Department) By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  14. 8. Elision A word or a combination of words with an apostrophe to mark the missing letter of letters. e.g. I’ve = ( I have) Bir’day = (Birthday) By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  15. 9. Blend A fusion of two words, shortened and combined into one. e.g. brunch = [ breakfast+lunch] internet = [international+network] By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  16. 10. Conversion Some words can be used as nouns, verbs, adverbs or adjective without any change in the form of the word. e.g. He is observing a fasttoday (noun). He ran fastto catch the bus (adverb). By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  17. 11. Borrowings By borrowing words from other languages. • e.g. Bazaar (Persian) • Guru (Hindi) By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  18. 12. inventions By taking words from different inventions • e.g. X-rays • astronaut By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  19. 13. Echoism Some words are formed by the sounds that suggest their meanings. • e.g. click • Tick • whisper By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  20. Thanks for having kind attention. By: Vijay Gupta M.A.,B.Ed.,PGCTE Govt. Model Secondary School Arni Wala S.S. Distt. Ferozepur (Punjab) By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  21. Resource Books • An introduction to Linguistics Pushpinder Syal - D.V. Jindal Prantice-Hall of India 2. Learners’ Grammar Dictionary Dr. George Stern Learners’ Publishing, Australia By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  22. Prepared at Four Days Computer Seminar On 03-09-08 to 06-09-08 At Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School (B) Fazilka Microsoft Trainer Mr. Amit Lota By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

  23. The End By : Vijay Gupta at G.M.S.S.S.(B) Fzk. on 03-09-08 to 06-09-08

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