English for Today
WORD FORMATION PROCESSES
2.Backformation: This process involves subtraction or reduction of a word to form another word of a different word class. It is a case of reducing a structure in the class of a noun to a verb:
emote- emotion, liaise-liaison, edit-editor.
3. Blending: blending refers to the process of forming a new word from parts of existing words. In other words, two separate forms are combined to produce a single new term with a different meaning:
1. mo(tor) + (ho)tel= motel
2. br(eakfast)+(l)unch= brunch
3. sm(oke)+ (f)og= smog
4. Span(ish) + (En)glish= Spanglish
5. tele(vision) + (broad)cast= telecast