Withoutgrammarverylittlecanbeconveyed,without.ppt

English Lexicology(II) “Without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed.” Contents 5. Word-Formation I: the Major Processes 6. Word-Formation II: the Minor Processes 7. Motivation Chapter 5 Word-Formation I: The Major Processes 5.1 General Remarks 5.2 Prefixation 5.3 Suffixation 5.4 Conversion 5.5 Compounding 5.1 General Remarks The three major processes affixation or derivation (17.5%) Prefixation suffixation conversion (10.5%) composition or compounding (27%) 5.2 Prefixation The definition of prefixation Prefixation is the formation of new words