Session 3 Chapter 4 word-formation 1 version 2 英语词汇学教材.ppt

2. Suffixation Question: Why is the classification of suffixes different from the classification of prefixes? Prefixes primarily function as a semantic modification of the base, while suffixes have only a small semantic role and their primary function are to change the grammatical function of the base. Prefixes are classified on a semantic basis and suffixes on a grammatical basis 2. Suffixation Definition: Suffixation is the formation of new words by adding suffixes to stems.  Features: Unlike prefixes which primarily changes the meaning of the stem, suffixes have only a small semantic role, their primary function being to change the grammatical function of stems. In other words, they mainly change the word class.  Classification: On a grammatical basis, suffixes are divided into noun suffixes, verb suffixes, adjective suffixes, etc.  Types of suffixes Noun suffixes Adjective suffixes Verb suffixes Adverbs suffixes Noun suffixes Introductory Task: In the following table, there are 12 words of different part of speech. Match the words with the corresponding suffixes to form a new word. Write out the new word and its part of speech. An example has been done for you. Noun suffixes The different parts of speech in list one are changed to Nouns. So, when a suffix is added to a stem, whatever part of speech it has been, the new word will be a noun. Thus we call this suffix noun suffix.It is the same case with adjective suffix, adverb suffix and verb suffix. As for the new word, if it is originally a noun, by adding a noun suffix, it is still a noun, but we call it a denominal noun; while if it is originally a verb, the new noun is called a deverbal noun. It is the same case with de-adjective noun. De-nominal noun suffixes De-verbal noun suffixes De-adjective noun suffixes Noun and adjective suffixes De-nominal Noun suffixes (1) game gang song ster Involved in 5. Prefixes of attitude (1) exist author operate co 5. Prefixes of attitude(2) act argument example