The word formation process The word formation process (2) | Page 3

Prefixes
Prefix Meaning Examples
Ex-
Bi-
Pre-
Anti- Non, out
Two, twice
before
Negate Ex-president
Bilingual
Predate
Anti-social
Suffix Meaning examples
-ness
-ful
-s
-less like
Having the quality of, full of
plural
Negate Happiness
Hopeful
Horses
Fruitless
Suffixes
3. Blending
Is the process to create words in English using the beginning of some word and the end of
another to make a new word with a new meaning, those words are called morphemes (the
smallest grammatical unit in a language) an example could be brunch which comes from
“breakfast” and “lunch” others examples can be
Word 1
Motorway
Helicopter
Smoke
Emotion
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Word 2 Blending
hotel
Airport
fog
Icon Motel
heliport
smog
Emoticon
4. Clipping
Clippings refer to the reduction of a polysyllabic word by dropping a syllable or more from
it. Clipping is also called truncation or shortening.
Examples:
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Spec: speculation
Vet: veteran