英教11301词汇四种构成方式.ppt

词汇四种构成方式 制作人：英教11301万红芝 Three forms of words Blending ( 单词的混合 ） Clipping （ 缩略词 ） Acronymy （首字母缩合词） Back-formation Ⅰ. Blending Blending is the formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another word. Words formed in this way are called blends or pormanteau word . For example, flush is the combination of fl and ush. Blending is a very productive process and many coinages resulting from blending have become well-established. Moreover, they even serve as models for new formations. Hamburger is a popular fast food originating from German seaport Hamburg. Later people mistook it as a combination of ham + burger and coined such words by analogy(类推） as beefburger, cheeseburger, shrimpburger. Four major groups of blends 1. head + tail autocide from (automobile + suicide) motel from ( motor + hotel ) chunnel from ( channel + tunne slurb from ( slum + suburb ) 2. head + head comsat from (communication + satellite ) telex from (teleprinter + exchange ) Amerind from ( American + Indian ) sitcom from ( situation + comedy ) 3. head + word medicare from ( medical + care ) Eurasia from ( Europe + Asia ) telequiz from ( telephone + quiz ) autocamp from ( automobile + camp ) 4. word + tail lunarnaut from ( lunar + astronaut ) bookmobile from ( book +automobile ) workfare from ( work + welfare ) tourmobile from ( tour + automobile ) The overwhelming majority of blends are nouns; very fewer are verbs and adjectives are even fewer. The few verbs are: telecast from (television +broadcast ) guestimate from ( guess + estimate ) breathalyse from (breath + analyse ). The limited use of blends Blends are mostly used in writing related to science and