张维友英语词汇学教程.pptxVIP

Chapter Four;The expansion of vocabulary in modern English depends chiefly on word formation. There is a variety of means being at work now. The most productive are affixation, compounding and conversion. Talking about word-forming patterns means dealing with rules. But a rule of word formation usually differs from a syntactic rule in that it is of limited productivity. That is , not all words which are produced by applying the rule are acceptable. The acceptability is gained only when the words have gained an institutional currency in the language.;4.1 Affixation;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;(2) Dever