1、柯桥上元教育Lexical Change ProperInvention 新创词汇Since economic activities are the most important and dynamic I human life, many new items come directly from products or brand names, such as Kodak, Coke ad nylon.Blending 混拼词It is a relatively complex form of compounding, I which two words are blended by joi
2、ning the initial part of the first word and the final part of the second word or by joining the initial parts of the two worlds.(两个单词通过连接第一个词的开头和第二个词的结尾或连接两个词的开头混合成一个新的词。 ) For example, transfer + resistertransistorAbbreviation 缩写词It is also called clipping(截断法) , that is, anew word is created by cu
3、tting the final part: advertisementad,cutting the initial part: helicoptercopter,cutting both the initial and the final part: influenzaflu.(缩写词又叫截断法,是指吧一个较长的词通过阶段而得到较短的词的构词方法。 )Acronym 首字母缩写词Acronym is made up from the first letters of the name of an organization or long word groups in science, tech
4、nology ad other special fields(缩略语是由组织结构名称的首字母组成,而这个组织结构的名称有多重修饰语。 ). For example, World Trade OrganizationWTO.Back-Formation 逆构词法It refers to an abnormal type of word formation where a shorter word is derived by deleting an imagined affix from a longer form already in the language.(逆构词法即把一个语言中已经存在的
5、较长单词删去想像中的词缀,由此造出一个较短的单词。 ) For example, editoreditAnalogical Creation 类推构词The principle of analogical creation can account for the co-existence of two forms, regular and irregular, in the conjugation of some English verbs(某些英语动词同时具有规则和不规则的两种变化形式,这可以用类推构词的原则来解释). For instance, work: wrought(旧的形式) worked (新的形式)。Borrowing 外来词It refers to borrowing words from other languages. Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Arabic have played an active role I this process.(借词法是指把从其他语言借来的词放在自己的语言中使用)