论述题 41.New words can be formed in many ways.Please illustrate borrowing,compounding,blending and back-formation,each with two examples.
【正确答案】(1)Borrowing is a process by which words are borrowed from other languages,e.g.
Parliament was borrowed from French,and balcony from Italian;
(2)Compounding is a process of combining two or more words into one lexical unit.e.g.
Sailboat,four-year-old;
(3)Blending is a process of forming a new word by combining parts of other words,e.g.
smog(smoke+fog) motel(motor+hotel)
(4)Back formation is a process by which new words are formed by taking away the suffix of an existing word,e.g.
edit(editor) typewrite(typewriter)
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