ENG 555 - TAMC - FALL 2023
In a linguistics lab not so far away, a curious student named Wordy Wendy embarks on a journey to explore the fascinating world of morphology.
Ah, Wendy, welcome to the magical world of morphology!
Today, we shall embark on a journey to explore the hidden features of words.
I can't wait, Professor Lexy. But where do we start?
Let's go and meet my friend, Albert Affix!
I'm affixiating words. By adding extra morphemes to the beginning or end of words, I can create new words.
What are you up to Albert?
These are inflectional morphemes, and they can only be suffixes.
Hunt + "ing" = Hunting
These are derivational morphemes.
They can be both affixes and suffixes. They also change the meanings of words.
'un' + happy = unhappy
'un' + happy = unhappy
Wow! How awesome!
Oh, I'm just getting started. Come back next time and I will show you more.
Did you show us everything with affixation, Albert?
Where do we go next Professor?
Let's go meet Benny Borrow! Goodbye Albert!
Goodbye!
Hello Professor!
Hello Benny! This is Wendy and we want to know how you make words.
Ah! Well, you see, sometimes I like to borrow a whole word from another language.
Words like "science, agriculture, mea culpa, post-motem" are borrowed from Latin.
And works like "salon, infantry, castle, apostle" are borrowed from French.
Oh! Wow, I didn't realize all those words are borrowed.
Yes Wendy. It is estimated that 80% of English are loan words. Here are some languages we borrowed from: Latin, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Japanese, Arabic, Portuguese, and Sanskrit.
No no. That's not even 10%. There are too many to list. You can visit here to learn more about the history of English-borrowed words: https://shorturl.at/amvz2
Is that all?
Well. Thank you Benny! See you soon!
Alright, Professor! Have a nice day.
We're here to meet, Chuck Compound, another word creator.
Who are we meeting professor?
Hello Professor! How are you?
Hello Chuck! How do you go about creating new words?
Day + Dream = Daydream
Sail + Boat = Sailboat
Tooth + Brush = Toothbrush
Oh, that's simple. All I do is combine two words together.
It is also known as compounding.
Well thank you so much Chuck. We learned so much from you today.
See you later.
No problem. It was my pleasure.
See you soon.
And who are we here to meet professor?
We're here to meet my friend, Clara Clipper.
Well hello there!
Hello Clara! We're here to learn how you create words.
Of course. It's quite simple really. I just clip or truncate the ends of words to make them shorter.
Examination --> Exam
Mathematics --> Math
Hamburger --> Burger
Telephone --> Phone
Breakfast + Lunch = brunch
Ipod + broadcast = podcast
Motor + hotel = motel
While I mostly clip words, I do occasionally join them back up again through a process called blending.
Oh how wonderful! Thanks for giving us a quick look into clipping and blending. It has been great seeing you again!
Totes! I'll see you around.
Bye!
Wow! Professor. I've learned so much today. I think I'm quite tired now. However, I'm curious. Are those the only ways to create new words?
Actually no. We still haven't met, Adam Abbreve, Freddy Function, Frank Formato, and Charlie Coinage.
How do they create words professor?
Well Charlie likes to use famous brand names and or coin new words from them (Xerox, Google).
Frank Formato likes to form new words by using a process called back formations (enthuse, liaise, burglar).
Adam Abreve likes to make words from acronyms and abbreviations. (MADD, sonar, RSVP)
And Freddy Function likes to switch nouns to verbs and verbs to nouns. (butter, email, friend)
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ENG 555 - TAMC - FALL 2023
In a linguistics lab not so far away, a curious student named Wordy Wendy embarks on a journey to explore the fascinating world of morphology.
Ah, Wendy, welcome to the magical world of morphology!
Today, we shall embark on a journey to explore the hidden features of words.
I can't wait, Professor Lexy. But where do we start?
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