WORD-FO RM AT I O N

P RO CE S S E S
LEXICOLOGY AS A BRANCH OF LINGUISTICS

•  LEXIS AND LOGOS

•  THE STUDY OF THE WORDS OF A LANGUAGE: MEANING, USE, DERIVATION
MORPHOLGY (FORM: WORD UNITS)
SEMANTICS (MEANING)
1.  GENERAL LEXICOLOGY: THE STUDY OF VOCABULARY AND FEATURES COMMON TO DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES
2.  SPECIAL LEXICOLOGY: LEXICOLOGY OF A PARTICULAR LANGUAGE. IN OUR CASE ENGLISH…
3.  LEXICOLOGY AND STYLISTICS: FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE OF THE NATURE, FUNCTION AND
STRUCTURE OF STYLISTIC DEVICES
4.  MODERN LEXICOLOGY: SYSTEMATIC WORD-STOCK OF MODERN LANGUAGES: STRUCTURAL AND
SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
1. NEOGLISM

•  WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEOGLISM AND COINAGE?

2. COINAGE VS DERIVATION

•  CREATING COMPLETELY NEW WORDS

•  CREATING NEW WORDS FROM FORMER ONES
3. ETYMOLOGY

•  IS THE STUDY OF ORIGINS OF WORDS

4. EPONYM

•  IS A WORD BASED ON THE NAME OF A PERSON OR A PLACE.

•  PERSONS WHO INVENTED, DISCOVERED OR DESIGNED SOMETHING OR BRANDS
CELCIUS, GMT (GREENWICH MEAN TIME), SANDWICH, MASERATTI, TOURETTE'S SYNDROME
5. BORROWING VS CALQUE
BORROWINGS: PATIO, TATTOO, YOGHURT
CALQUE (DIRECT TRANSLATIONS)
SKYSCRAPER = SKYSKRAPA = RASCACIELOS = GRATACEL = GRATTACIELO
PILVENPIIRTÄJÄ = DRAPACZ CHMUR = MRAKODAP
HOT DOG
6. WORDFORMATION PROCESSES
MOZZIE = MOZQUITO
MOTEL = MOTOR HOTEL
UNNECESSARY = NOT NECESSARY
BUTTER = NOUN, VERB
CHILLED = ADJECTIVE, VERB
MULTINATIONAL = MULTI + NATIONAL
JUNKIE = AS IN HIPPIE
6. WORD FORMATION PROCESSES

•  VIP = VERY IMPORTANT PERSON

•  FAN-FLAMING-TASTIC = FANTASTIC + FLAMING
•  BRUNCH = BREAKFAST + LUNCH
•  REDEVELOPMENT = RE + DEVELOP + MENT