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PAGE PAGE 8 Word Formation The expansion of vocabulary in modern English depends chiefly on word-formation. Affixation （词缀法） 30％－40％ Compounding （复合法、合成法） 28％－30％ Conversion （转类法） 26％ Shortening/Clipping （缩略法）8％－ 10％ Blending （拼缀法） 1％－5% Acronymy (首字母拼音法) Affixation: the formation of words by adding affixes to the bases (stems). Prefixes (前缀): do not generally change the word- class of the bases but only modify its meaning. 不改变词性，改变词义 Suffixes (后缀): change the word class with a slight modification of meaning. 改变词性，不（略微）改变词义 Prefixes Negative