Leksikoloogia
7) Neologisms
A word or a sense of a word, on the coining or use of new words and sense. (a word that is not
yet in the dictionary). Soccer-mom, botox, speed-dating, fashionista
8) Word formation by the means of affixation.
A prefix- is an element placed in the beginnig of the word to adjust or to qualifiy its meaning.
A suffix- is an element placed in the end of the word to form a derviative such as ing and
fy.
Prefixes: be- become, for-forget, with-within, ad-admit, ac-accurse, af-affrax, co-co-operate,
de-destroy, dis-dismiss, sub-submarine
Suffixes: er- maker, or- actor, eer- mountineer, ier/yer- lawyer, ant- assistant, ent-student, ee-
detainee, ist-artist, en-vixen, ess-actress, ine-heroine
9) Coversion
A type of dervation where no suffix is used to change the word class. Catch as a verb and
catch as a noun, brake-down as a verb and break-down as an adjective.
10) compounds
Are formed by joining two or more root morphemes. Compounds are often idiomatic in