With the development of the society and culture, English vocabulary change rapidly. English has always been in a state of evolution. In recent years new words enter the English language at an increasing rate. This pap...With the development of the society and culture, English vocabulary change rapidly. English has always been in a state of evolution. In recent years new words enter the English language at an increasing rate. This paper makes an attempt to analyze eight ways of new English word formation, creating, blending, shortening, functional shift, back- formation, affixation, compounding and borrowing — by presenting mainly English examples.展开更多
This paper seeks to examine headedness in affixation processes in Urhobo using a feature percolation approach.Affixation is a rich source of word formation process in the Urhobo language.The specific objectives are to...This paper seeks to examine headedness in affixation processes in Urhobo using a feature percolation approach.Affixation is a rich source of word formation process in the Urhobo language.The specific objectives are to identify affixation processes in Urhobo,investigate how they are used to derive words and determine headedness in the Urhobo language using a feature percolation theory as a framework.This paper reveals three affixation processes in Urhobo,which are prefixes,circumfixes and suffixes.Affixation is a derivational aspect of morphology and it brings about change in the grammatical class of the word or rather,provides additional semantic information to a word.The paper discovers that new words are derived in the language by attaching an affix either at the beginning(prefix),or to the end(suffix)of a word.This process is very productive in the language.The paper reveals that the head of a word using prefix is left-right branching while for suffixes,it is right-left branching.The prefix and suffix attached to a root to form the circumfix project to be the head of a word.The study observes circumfixes to have two heads.Feature percolation theory is also used to determine the head of a word in Urhobo.The paper concludes by recommending further researches on the use of theories especially morphological theories in analysing morphological processes in Urhobo.展开更多
Language is a tool for people to use to communicate, but the cultural, historical, economic and social reasons create gender discrimination in the English language. This article will analyze this kind of phenomenon, a...Language is a tool for people to use to communicate, but the cultural, historical, economic and social reasons create gender discrimination in the English language. This article will analyze this kind of phenomenon, and it will discuss the solution.展开更多
In English language,affixation is a significant way of forming new words,This essay intends to explore the concepts of two fundamental ways of forming new words,namely,derivation and compounding.They are different in ...In English language,affixation is a significant way of forming new words,This essay intends to explore the concepts of two fundamental ways of forming new words,namely,derivation and compounding.They are different in a lot of cases,yet,it is also argued that there is a clear dividing line between compounding and derivation.展开更多
文摘With the development of the society and culture, English vocabulary change rapidly. English has always been in a state of evolution. In recent years new words enter the English language at an increasing rate. This paper makes an attempt to analyze eight ways of new English word formation, creating, blending, shortening, functional shift, back- formation, affixation, compounding and borrowing — by presenting mainly English examples.
文摘This paper seeks to examine headedness in affixation processes in Urhobo using a feature percolation approach.Affixation is a rich source of word formation process in the Urhobo language.The specific objectives are to identify affixation processes in Urhobo,investigate how they are used to derive words and determine headedness in the Urhobo language using a feature percolation theory as a framework.This paper reveals three affixation processes in Urhobo,which are prefixes,circumfixes and suffixes.Affixation is a derivational aspect of morphology and it brings about change in the grammatical class of the word or rather,provides additional semantic information to a word.The paper discovers that new words are derived in the language by attaching an affix either at the beginning(prefix),or to the end(suffix)of a word.This process is very productive in the language.The paper reveals that the head of a word using prefix is left-right branching while for suffixes,it is right-left branching.The prefix and suffix attached to a root to form the circumfix project to be the head of a word.The study observes circumfixes to have two heads.Feature percolation theory is also used to determine the head of a word in Urhobo.The paper concludes by recommending further researches on the use of theories especially morphological theories in analysing morphological processes in Urhobo.
文摘Language is a tool for people to use to communicate, but the cultural, historical, economic and social reasons create gender discrimination in the English language. This article will analyze this kind of phenomenon, and it will discuss the solution.
文摘In English language,affixation is a significant way of forming new words,This essay intends to explore the concepts of two fundamental ways of forming new words,namely,derivation and compounding.They are different in a lot of cases,yet,it is also argued that there is a clear dividing line between compounding and derivation.
