Homework Week 7: Word Formation The four types of clipping are back clipping, fore-clipping, middle clipping, and complex clipping. Back clipping is removing the end of a word as in gas from gasoline. Fore-clipping is removing the beginning of a word as in gator from alligator. Middle clipping is retaining only the middle of a word as in flu from influenza. Complex clipping is removing multiple parts from multiple words as in sitcom from situation comedy. Exercise 1: For each clipped word write the original word. If you are not sure – look it up! 1. dorm – 2. van – 3. chimp – 4. demo – 5. rom com – 6. fridge – 7. pants – 8. bot – 9. bike – 10. fan – Exercise 2: Scavenger Hunt In the following sentences there are 9 underlined words. Identify the word formation processes involved in producing these words. Here is what you are looking for: 1 borrowed 1 hypocorism 1 backformation 2 compounding 1 conversion 2 blending 1 clipping Write the correct answer under each word and add an explanation. For example, if it was borrowed, which language it was borrowed from. 1. This old sofa is nice and comfy. 2. The house next door was burgled when I was babysitting the kids. 3. You don’t need to button it because it’s got Velcro inside. 4. There is an increase in carjacking in recent months. 5. It’s not a bad temp job. 6. I had to FedEx him the documents. Exercise 3: All the following words were borrowed from other language. Use a dictionary to find their original source. 1. Safari – 2. Clone – 3. Guru – 4. Diesel – 5. Lemon – 6. Snoop – 7. Ketchup – 8. Glitch – 9. Patio – 10. Penguin – Exercise 4: Identify the prefixes and suffixes used in these words (some words might have more than one or even two.) Example: misleading (Leave the root word in black. Use a different color for the prefix, and a different color for the suffix. If there are two suffixes, use a different color for each). 1. Carelessness – 2. Reincarnation – 3. Biodegradable – 4. Prepackaged – 5. Terrorism – 6. Misfortune – 7. Ineffective – 8. Unfaithful – 9. Decentralization – 10. Disagreement –
