文档介绍：Word-formation, in its restricted sense, refers to the processes of word variations singaling lexical relationships. It can be further sub-classified into the next following types.
Word-formation
pounds
day + break --> daybreak
play + boy --> playboy
wind + mill --> windmill
pounds
brain + wash --> brainwash
lip + read --> lipread
baby + sit --> babysit
pounds
man + eating --> maneating
heart + felt --> heartfelt
duty + free --> dutyfree
pounds
in + to --> into
up + stairs --> upstairs
with + out --> without
Word-formation
⒈ Compound (复合词)
Exercise 1: Do you know the following words?
loudspeaker, gatekeeper, lifeboat, shellfish, fireplace, wardrobe, watchtower, checkout, roller-skating, glass-topped, roundtrip, takeaway, secondhand, halfway, two-storey, chopsticks, get-together, watchmaking, sleep-pills, pickpocket, shorthand, white-face, die-hard, go-between, forget-me-not, waterproof …
Exercise 2: Please list as pound words as possible without any repetition.
Word-formation
⒉ Derivation (派生法)
Different pounds, derivation shows the relation between stems and affixes. You may have noted that in English there are morpheme which change the category, or grammatical class of words. For instance:
Noun --> adjective affection + ate, alcohol + ic
Other derivational morphemes do not change grammatical class, as in:
semi + final, sub + marine, re + establish, ex + president
As noted, many prefixes fall into this category, similarly, we find suffixes of this type, as in:
physic + ian, fad + ism, Americ + an, fash + ion
Exercise: Based on what you have learned, please answer the questions.
A person who speaks only one language is monolingual.
A person who speaks two language is _______.
A person who speaks three language is ______________.
bilingual
trilingual/multilingual
2. Monogamy means having only one marriage partner at a time. In the United States, monogamy is legal, but polygamy is against the law. What do you think polygamy means?
_______