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Have you ever wondered why there are three different concepts for one word in the English language, for instance  weird ,  odd  and  strange ? This is because native and foreign terms co-exist in English:  weird  derives from Old English,  odd  from Old Norse and  strange  from Old French. What do we mean by borrowing as word formation??? Borrowing is another formation process in which a word from one language is borrowed directly into another language. Words which originated in one language are now used in another, even by people who don’t speak the ‘lending’ language. Many terms are borrowed or coined to cover the lexical gaps which have arisen as a result of technological developments.   Examples   😍👇 Algebra from Arabic Murder from French  Pizza 🍕 from Italian Tamale from Spanish  E nvelope🧧 from French The word a‘restaurant’ also comes from the French In  Early Modern English ...

WHAT DOES ACRONYMS MEAN??? Acronyms are  words created by combining the first letters or syllables  of each word in a phrase to create a new, single word. These are  words in which initialism is pronounced as a word.  It is formed from first letter of each word in a phrase and the newly formed letters create a new word that helps us speedy communication . Some acronyms are a bit of both: They contain first letters  and  first syllables from the words in a phrase to create a new word.  Radar is an example of this; it’s derived from the phrase “ ra dio  d etection  a nd  r anging.” In both cases, an acronym is pronounced as a word. Acronyms are often misinterpreted as the first letter of a phrase or company/organization. But if the first letters are pronounced individually, it’s called an initialism Examples  IUM- International university of management   PIN-personal identification number  ASAP- as soon as possible...

What do we mean by Abbreviation as word formation process Abbreviation is another commonly used word formation used to shorten a word or phrase.   With the presence of the internet making the social media a part of our lives, the importance of the language of the internet cannot be overemphasized as it has drastically increased our words through different word formation processes. Most of the users of the ocial media platforms like E-mails, Whatsapp, Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Twitter, Imo, Snapchat, 2go, etc. use  abreviations to pass their messages via chatting and short messages. Text messages and Twitter have limited number of characters that can be used. An example  exemplified below.  BAE: Before Anyone Else LOL: Laughing out Loud YAM: Yet another Meeting 2moro: Tomorrow ASAP: As Soon as Possible B3: Blah Blah Blah CTN: Cannot Talk Now CYT: See You Tomorrow BRB: Be Right Back TTC: Trying to Conceive GTC: Going to Conceive POV: Point of View YMMD: You ...

WHAT IS BLENDING AS A WORD FORMATION PROCESS???  Blending is one of the many ways new words are made in English. Blending is a word formation process that combines parts of two or more words to form a new word. In broad sense refers to joining the beginning of one word and the end of another to make a new word with a new meaning.   EXAMPLES Breakfast 🍝+lunch🍜 =Brunch   Biological +picture =biopic   Motor +hotel =motel   Telephone +marathon =telethon B elow there's a video that can help you out to explore more on blending👇  

     WHAT'S CLIPPING 💁???                              This is a word formation process that reduces or shortens a word without changing the exact meaning, in contrast to the back- formation process. It reserves the original meaning.   Clipping is divided into four types    1. Back Clipping                                                     Removes the end of a word   Examples :   Ad -advertisement                     Photo -photograph    2.Fore clipping                                                         Removes the begging part of a wor...

What is compounding?? This is a word formation process that allows words to combine to make a new word.  Compounding words can also be formed as two words joined with a hyphen.  EXAMPLES Class+room classroom  Note +book notebook 📓  Break +up breakup  Back +formation back- formation WATCH THE VIDEO TO LEARN MORE👇

What is derivation as a word formation process???   Derivation: Is a word formation process that attach derivation affixes to the main word/form to create a new word.  In broad sense, it is the formation of words by changing the form of the base or by adding affixes(prefixes&suffixes) to it.  For word, to which we  attach affixes. These affixes are usually described as prefixes and suffixes and they are  not usually listed separately in dictionaries.  Such affixes usually apply to words of one  lexical category (part of speech) and change them into words of another such category. Some common examples include un-, dis-, mis-, -ness, -ish, -ism, -ful and -less, as in  words like unkind, disagree, misunderstand, kindness, childish, behaviourism, useful  and useless. We call the word form created by the addition of a derivational morpheme  a derived word. The next two pictures contain typical examples of English derivation...

What are lexemes???  Lexemes are words with specific sounds with no reflection. Additionally, are theoretical construct that correspond roughly to one of the common of the term. Its shape may vary depending on syntactic context. Lexemes, also called word stems, are minimal units of language (often words) with distinctive meanings. The word cut is a lexeme that would be a dictionary entry, but its inflected versions, e.g., cuts, cutting, etc., may be included depending on the dictionary. These inflected versions may be included as variations.    Types of Lexemes   There are two types of lexemes: variable and invariable   1.Variable lexemes  are word-sized lexical items that may have two or more forms. These lexemes may be inflected by adding an affix or some other transformation of the word .   Examples: dig /dug   The following are ways to inflect words belonging various syntactic categories. 1. Nouns can change in number (bird, birds...

😯🤗😢😊😆😶😔😒😟😢☹☻😩😬   What are interjections??   Interjections are words used to express strong feelings or sudden emotions. They are included in a sentence,ussually at the start to express a sentiment such as:                              surprise                        distrust                                                                          Joy or excitement Examples:          Hmm-thinking or hesitating Oops-When you accidentally do something . Other examples : OUCH!Wow!Yummy ! HOW TO WRITE THEM IN SENTENCES  Usually, interjections are only one or two words, that can stand alone as their own sentences...

What are morphemes???? Morphemes  are  the  smallest meaningful unit of grammar with meaning and cannot be broken down into smaller units. Because morphemes make up all words in the  English language , learning morphemes unlocks the structure and meaning within words. This, in turn, aids in the learning process.  Morphemes are categorized into two namely: A .  Free morphemes These are words with a complete meaning, they can stand alone as an independent word in a sentence BELOW THERE'S A LIST OF FREE MORPHEME EXAMPLES  B.Bound morphe mes  These are lexical items incorporated into a word as a dependent part.They cannot stand alone but must be connected to another morpheme. Bound morphemes operate in the connection processes by the derivation, infection and compounding. BELOW THER'S A LIST OF BOUND MORPHEMES EXAMPLES How to identify a morpheme You can identify morphemes by seeing if the word or letters in question meet the following crit...