Exercise

I. Each of the following columns illustrates a different morphological process.

(1) What morphological process is shown by Column I, Column II and Column III?

(2) What is the morphological difference between a), b), c), and d) in Column II?

II. Tell the process of word formation.

a) xerox

b) interpol

c) flu

d) OPEC

e) Nobel

f) televise

g) better (v.)

教师解析

I.

(1) Column I: inflection Column II: derivation Column III: compounding

(2) In a) and b), the words are formed by suffixation; in c) and d) , by prefixation.

II.

a) coinage

b) blending

c) clipping

d) acronyming

e) eponyming

f) back formation

g) conversion