Word formation consists of two components: Derivation and Compounding. It is the way new words are formed according to words/ morphemes. Compounding plays a big part in word formation. It is the most frequent way of creating new lexemes. Compounding works by combining two words that are considered morphemes and are able to stand alone, resulting in the creation of a new word.  Not only can compounded words be used in formal words, but it can be used in slang words as well. Slang words are considered to be informal words that are used by a particular group of people. It is not considered the correct use of language, and is often used by teenagers or apart of a casual conversation between family and/or friends. These words cannot be found in the standard dictionary of any language and is often used upon people who know each other well. It is more common to see within speech rather than writing. Slang words are a way for people to express themselves in a different way that they’re formally used to. Every culture around the world has it’s own slang, that’s what makes it special. Slang adds a little spice and fun to the world within different cultures and regions. Usually, slang changes overtime. With every new generation there is a new set of slang words. These words consistently change and are very versatile. Slang words form by combining two existing words to create a new word- similar to compounding. Slang words combine existing words however, one word does not always modify the meaning of the other. Some examples are- no cap, word to, on god, the plug, dump truck, throw down, girl clown (gc), kick back, hot pocket, and throw shade.

 

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Citations:

1- Amy Morin, L. C. S. W. (2021, October 15). Teen slang words every parent should know. Verywell Family. Retrieved December 13, 2021, from https://www.verywellfamily.com/a-teen-slang-dictionary-2610994.

2- Booij, G. E. (2005). The grammar of words: an introduction to linguistic morphology (2^nd Ed.) Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0199691835, 9780199691838

 

1. Gumdrop: Exocentric [[gum]n [drop]v] N
2. Cornbread: Endocentric [corn]n [bread]n] N
3. Cheesecake: Endocentric [cheese]n [cake]n] N
4. Applesauce: Endocentric [apple]n [sauce]n] N
5. Blueberry: Endocentric [blue]n [berry]n] N

 

1. Verb to Noun: –ment

-ment, [[X]v ment]n

Assign -> Assignment, Develop -> Development, Embarrass -> Embarrassment

2. Noun to Verb: -ed

-ed, [[X]n ed]v

Name -> Named, Face -> Faced, Wait -> Waited

3. Output to Input

1) Assignment -> Assignmented

2) Developed -> Developmented

3) Embarrassment -> Embarrassmented

The resulting words of my output to input words were not well-formed. Nonetheless, these words are nonexistent. Nothing seems to work about this process. Being that the output words already has a suffix (-ment), adding another suffix (-ed) would not function well together within this process. Furthermore, in order for this process to be successful you would have to use words that do not have present affixes. Adding an affix to a word that already has an existing one would only lead you to unsuccessful results.

 

 

 

The English words forbid, forget, forgive, forgo, and forswear are considered a Simplex verb. I feel as though these words are Simplex because each of these words have the ability to be split, creating more than one morpheme. If it was a Complex verb, these words would not be have the ability of being split into two. In other words, these words would not be able to be broken down.  I also feel as though each of these words create different word forms as well. For example, the word “forgive.” If you split this word into two morphemes it would be the word “for” and the word “give” which have two different meanings that create brand new word results. Whereas, if you only asked us to analyze the word “for” instead of “forgive” it will be considered a Complex word. This would be a Complex word over the simple fact that it is not able to be broken down/split into two.