Hi,
This week we are looking at the word formation processes. Here's your task: Raise you head and eyes while you are walking on the street and look for names of the bussinesses (names of shops, or anything of this sort); see and give us examples of the word formation processes given below.(More than one example is welcome)
Word Coinage:
Compound words:
Acronyms:
Words from names:
Blends:
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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Where do new words come from?Who makes them up?How do they enter the language?New words have several sources,but the rather mundane answer to these questions is that most new words are derived from other words..In fact, as far as I know two thirds of all English words come about by joining existing words in a new combination.For example:Compound words:website,airport..At the same time,there are words that have function modification by compounding.I guess I can give the example of “spoonfeed” for this.”spoon” is a noun and “feed” is a verb.But “spoonfeed” is a verb and made up by compounding.
Word coinage:Actually we can see everywhere the coinage words almost everyday.For example;selpak,Xerox,nylon,etc.These are trade marks actually.
Acronyms: RADAR: Radio Dedecting And Ranging
UNESCO:United Nations,Educational,Scientific, Cultural Organisation
SCUBA:self contained underwater breeding Apparatus.!!
Blends:Frankly I can’t remember except the examples of “motel” and “brunch”.
(motel: a hotel on the motorway.)
NOTE:Another common method of coinage is shortening the words .For example;“gym”or “net” or “telly”.Of course the most familiar to us is EMAİL:it’s both compounding and shortening.
Words creaters
I always wonder the creaters of words and how words occur.After the lesson,I observe around and notice there are a lot of ways to make a word.So I want to give you some examples to these ways as I can do
Coinage:asprin,teflon
Compounding:without,bittersweet
Blending:I can not find any example.Sorry
Acronym:Obe=order of the British Empire.Aids=Acquired immune deficiency
We can find a lot of examples but I want to find only a few of them.As you can see there are lots of ways to name objects.Some occurs by combination,some occur by first letters of each word…At the same time these are not the whole methods.There are lots of other methods for naming object as far as I know.
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Actually, I was taught that the name of the words has no meaning, the is no relationship between the meaning and the name of the word in most of the cases, of course there are some exeptions like in every area, but the words we are using in daily life came out accidently.The very previous people used some sounds they heard fom the nature in order to make simple warnings,communications because they needed to interact for some basic needs, such finding food,protecting themselves from danger,etc.After several attemps of using a word, if they could get any reaction from the others for the expression s/he used they agreed on that particular word unconsiously and continued to use it every time. On the other hand it is obvious how many words in English have foreign roots and how many words it has been made because of the progression in technology and science and how many words are the combination of other single words or made up by the help of pre-suffixes.That's why there are lots of words in English and we wonder sometimes if we are unable to find one single proprate definition in turkish for this specific word.Turkish is a rich language too, but the richness is because of the many words which have arabic, persian roots and unfortunately they are labeled as tü, kaka so they are not widely used among young generation.So pure new turkish words are few for that reason. If there are some new invented by the Türk Dil Kurumu they are not wellknown and popular to use in the present society.
Coinage:gilette, pampers,air-train,hamburger,toast,handy,lap top,walky talky
Compound words:basketball,airways,cheeseburger
blending:check-in,workshop,workout
Acronyms:ZPD(Zone of proximal development),ELT,THY,DAF(german as a second language),ALM(audio lingual method),etc
Pelin K.AKÇURA
You says that 'raise your head...' so our examples shouldn't be in enlgish, I think.
Word Coinage:Beko(I'm not sure)
Compound words:Kırıktarak(barber),Kırıktabak,(restaurant),Gökkuşağı(market)
Acronyms:Dia(daima indirimli alışveriş),BİM(birleşik mağazalar)
Words from names:?
Blends:Fenerium,Taraftarium
maybe, to be continued...
It's time to continue...
Acronyms:avea, iski, akom, fifa, uefa, tefe, tüfe, iett, gap, trt...
Words from names:japon(sticker)
Some of these words are not the words I saw when I raise my head while I was walking :) sorry!
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Correction: The word "raise" at last line should be "RAISED"(simple past). I'm sorry!
Words from names:volkan turizm,koç turizm
Acronyms:BİM,AÖS(Atatürk Öğrenci Sitesi), İETT, DİSK
EVRİM KARADAYI
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compound words:köprübaşı market
,odabaşlar mağazası
acronyms:HAYEF,ODTÜ,İTÜ,DSİ,NATO,
TBBM,TRT,TGRT
words from names:hilal marketleri,ayşe marketleri,himmet market
AYŞE NİHAL İBAŞ
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compound words:köprübaşı market
,odabaşlar mağazası
acronyms:HAYEF,ODTÜ,İTÜ,DSİ,NATO,
TBBM,TRT,TGRT
words from names:hilal marketleri,ayşe marketleri,himmet market
AYŞE NİHAL İBAŞ
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word coinage:walkman,selpak,uhu
blends:Oxbridge(oxford ve cambridge üniversitelerinin birleşimi), transistor (transfer + resistor),
acronyms:BBC(British Broadcasting Corporation),CIA(Central Intelligence Agency),MFÖ(Mazhar,Fuat,Özkan).....
compound words:bodyguard,floppy disk,geology,firefighter,bus-stop....
words from names:sabancı holding(sakıp sabancı),boyner mağazaları(cem boyner)...
word coinage:walkman,selpak,uhu
blends:Oxbridge(oxford ve cambridge üniversitelerinin birleşimi), transistor (transfer + resistor),
acronyms:BBC(British Broadcasting Corporation),CIA(Central Intelligence Agency),MFÖ(Mazhar,Fuat,Özkan).....
compound words:bodyguard,floppy disk,geology,firefighter,bus-stop....
words from names:sabancı holding(sakıp sabancı),boyner mağazaları(cem boyner)...
Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:42:05 PM
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acronyms:BENELUX(Belgium,Netherland,Luxembourg),BDDK(Bankacılık denetleme ve düzenleme kurulu),İMKB(İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası),WHO(World Health Organization).....
compound words:fast food,girlfriend,compact disk,birthday,football
word coinage:prit,tipex,post-it,sky-blue.....
blends:smog(fog+smoke),advertorial(advertisement+editorial)
words from names:koç holding(vehbi koç),altınsay kuyumculuk(,brah,m altınsay)....
faruk öz 3231040026 2-b
ACRONMYS:TBMM-Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi,TCDD-Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları,AIDS-Acquired Immunıty Deficiency Syndrom
COMPOUND WORDS:Handbag,sandstorm,eyebrow,landscape
noun + noun
homework
girlfriend
verb + verb
sleepwalk
breakdance
adjective + adjective
icy-cold
red-hot
BLENDS:Kalimerhaba-(a magazin on tv directed by both turks and the greeks)Kalimeras and Merhaba,Cehennet-(new album of pamela spence)cehennem and cennet
İlay-(a name of my friend who is a daughter of İlhan and Aygül)
WORDS FROM NAMES:Cemal's-(a pub whose owner is cemal atakan )Doğan Holding-(a media group of Aydın Doğan)
WORD COINAGE:Jilet,selpak,etc
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words coinage:sana,selpak,nescafe
blends:avrasya,ekomar
words from names:ceylan dershanesi(ali ceylan),adil ışık magzası
compound words:housewife,boyfriend
acronyms:LEM,ÖSS,SSK,ÖMG,YKM
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word coinage: Tipex, uhu, Lipton
Compound words: Doghause, butterfly,Hanımeli
acrononyms: Pin (kodu), Unicefş DaF
Words from names : Özcan market
blends: sexpert(expert on sex), spanglish (latin american spanish containig English expression), Japlish(japanese in which english words are imported), orçay(orjinal çay)
Word coinage:xenophobia, wyvern
Compound words:playboy,girlfriend
Acrononyms:usp,els,tc
Words from names :Pamukkale seyahat, Onur air
Blends: peymacun,pazartesi
Saadet Akbaş
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Word coinage:xenophobia, wyvern
Compound words:playboy,girlfriend
Acrononyms:usp,els,tc
Words from names :Pamukkale seyahat, Onur air
Blends: peymacun,pazartesi
Saadet Akbaş
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compounds : evödevi, bilgisayar
acronyms: gora,yök,ökm
words from names : onur air
word coinage: nescafe
Caner Hazar
compound words:pickpocket,doorkeeper,daybreak
acronyms:NASA,AIDS,ELT,ODTÜ
words from names:röntgen,sandwich
words coinage:vazeline,pimapen,aygaz
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Hey,
I respect your work very much. Well worded talent goes far in the journalism career. Keep up the good work, so far I've clearly understood and followed up with your writings and I just want to throw some kudos at you, very good to hear people putting their mind to words the clear way :)
Anyways, until the next time I run across your page, c ya' ciao!
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