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Lecture 12

Multiple processes Taken from The Study of Language by George Yule (1993:56–57) And English Word-formation by Laurie Bauer (1991:239–240)

Examples: poromeric from porosity + polymer with the English suffix -ic; scramjet from supersonic combustion ramjet; molechism from molecule + chemical + organism. deli � delicatessen (from German) problems with the project have snowballed � snowballed � snow + ball �noun snowball � to snowball lase �laser waspish attitudes �WASP (´white Anglo-Saxon Protestant´)

Homework: Yule (1993:57) – exercises 2., 3., 4., 5.

Avoidance of word-formation Taken from English Word-formation by Laurie Bauer (1991:240–241)

person who was arrested �arrestee women´s liberation children´s shoes

the liberation is women´s the shoes are children´s

women´s summer liberation children´s summer shoes

women´s first liberation children´s first shoes

all women´s liberation all children´s schoes