Compound Nouns and Inflection in Language

Word formation means forming new words to add up to our language.

Happiness (noun) – Happy (adjective)

Realization (1610) (n.) from realize + action. It means 'action of making real.'

<p>Hyperlink (1987) (n.) from hyper + link. It refers to 'an electronic link that gives direct access from a marked place in a hypertext or hypermedia document to another.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Back formation is forming new words by extracting a new word.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Revolutionize (verb) – Revolution (noun)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inflection is forming new words by adding a word to the base form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Verbs are most commonly inflected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nouns are primarily inflected for number and case.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Noun inflection is called declension.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nouns have gender, case, and number as major characteristics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An example of noun declension is changing 'boy' to 'boys' for plural form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Removing the beginning of a word.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>fin (from influenza)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Words formed by initials or segments of words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Radar (radio detecting and ranging)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Repetition or near-repetition of words or sounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Words pulled out of thin air with little relation to existing forms.</p> Signup and view all the answers