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Give an example of a word formed through derivation using the suffix -ness.
happi-ness
What is the difference between derivation and inflection in linguistics?
Derivation forms new words, while inflection creates grammatical variants of existing words.
Give an example of a derivational pattern that changes a noun into an adjective.
-al
Provide an example of a derivational suffix that changes adjectives into adverbs.
-ly
What is the purpose of a derivational suffix in linguistics?
To change words from one syntactic category to another.
Explain the role of affixation in the process of derivation.
Affixation involves adding prefixes, infixes, or suffixes to form new words.
What is the difference between morphological change and creation of a new term in word formation?
Morphological change involves altering the form of a word, while creation of a new term involves the process of generating new lexical units.
Explain the dispute surrounding whether blending is considered a morphological change or the creation of a new word.
There is sometimes debate on whether blending constitutes a morphological change or the formation of a new word.
What is clipping and what are the different types of clipping mentioned in the text?
Clipping is the reduction of a word to one of its parts. The types of clipping include back clipping, fore-clipping, middle clipping, and complex clipping.
Provide examples of back clipping as discussed in the text.
Examples of back clipping include ad (advertisement), cable (cablegram), doc (doctor), and pub (public house).
What are clippings also known as, according to Marchand (1969)?
Clippings are also known as 'shortenings.'
Give an example of a word that underwent fore-clipping or aphaeresis.
phone
Provide an example of a word that underwent middle clipping or syncope.
tec
Explain the concept of complex clipping with an example.
navicert (navigation certificate)
Describe the process of coinage with an example.
Kleenex
What is borrowing in linguistics and provide an example of a loanword.
Borrowing is taking a word from another language. Example: Sakul/schakul from School.
Learn about the process of forming new words through derivation in linguistics, which involves creating new words from existing ones. Understand the difference between derivation and inflection, where inflection is used to form grammatical variants of the same word. Explore how inflection applies to all members of a part of speech.
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