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Theme # 4: “Word-formation system of English language” (2 hours)

Subtheme # 1: “Major or basic, productive types of word-formation”

Case study tasks:

1. English word-building system is divided into: 1) major 2) minor types

Major types of word-formation are _____

Minor types of word-formation are _____

2. Match the types of compound words with their definitions and explain your choice.

1) neutral a) the compounds whose meaning do not correspond to the

separate meanings of their constituent parts

2) morphological b) the compounds which are realized without any linking

elements by mere two stems

3) syntactic c) the compounds in which two compounding stems are

combined by a linking vowel or consonant

4) idiomatic d) the compounds which keep articles, prepositions and

adverbs in their structure

3. Which of the following suffixes are of Greek origin and give characteristics of these suffixes.

a) – dom, -hood, -ly

b) -able, -ible, -ant, - ent, -ous

c) –age, -ful, -ence

d) –ist, -ism, -ite

e) –anti, -dom, -ful

4. State out the productive affixes from the list:

-th, -en, -er, -less, -som, -ness, -hood, -ance

5. Speak on the four main types of word-formation in modern English. Define the morphological structure of the compounds:

Letter-box, salesmen, good-looking, forget-me-not, handicraft, snow-white, Anglo-Saxon, speedometer, man-of-war, long-legged, good-looking

  1. Speak on the major ways of word-formation in English and find out the differences between the frequency and productivity of affixes. Explain the type of word-building of the italicized words and give their ways of formation.

  1. A successful old lawyer tells the story about the beginning of his professional life.

  2. I was saying as the stranger entered the office

  3. But I’ll manage to sandwich your case in between the others somehow

  4. I duly impressed my prospective client, I hung up the receiver and turned to him.

  5. I’ll attend to that corporation matter for you.

Problematic tasks:

1. Express your attitude on the major types of word-formation and prove why they belong to this type.

2. Classify the main structural and semantic types of affixation, conversion, compound words.

3. Compare the productive and non-productive affixes and state out their functions.

Subtheme # 2: “Minor or secondary, non-productive types of word-formation”

Case study tasks:

1. State out the secondary ways of word-building from the given list and explain your choice.

a) conversion, b) back-formation, c) stress interchange, d) compound words, e) sound imitation,

f) affixation, g) blends, h) reduplication, i) shortening

2. Speak on the minor types of word-formation. Divide the following examples according to the minor types of word-formation and prove your answer that they belong to these types.

To whisper, to mumble, dilly-dolling, ‘accent-to ac’cent, chunnel, bubble, to compute, to babysit, to moo, bye-bye, cinemadict, to strike-stroke, blood-to bleed, to whistle, to tinkle, painter, ping-pong, to ex’tract-‘extract, to collocate, to bark, hot-to heat.

3. Compare and contrast English minor types of word-formation and find out correspondences and differences. Make a table showing their differences and illustrate with examples.

4. Define the way the following words have been created and give their specific features.

Life-to live, blood-to bleed, hot-to heat, song-to sing

5. Define the way the following words have been created and characterize them.

Smog (from smoke and fog), cinemadict (from cinema addict), dramedy (from drama and comedy), informecial (from information and commercial)

Problematic tasks:

1. Express your attitude on the minor types of word-formation and prove why they belong to this type.

2. Classify the main structural and semantic types of shortenings.

3. Compare the major and minor types of word-formation in English.