词汇学构词法clipping

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EnglishWordFormation

2021/5/91TypesofWordFormationAffixation(Prefixation,Suffixation)CompoundingConversionBlendingClippingAcronymy(Initialisms,Acronyms)Back-formationOnomatopoeiaSoundReduplicationCommonizationofProperNames2021/5/92Clipping截短法In

linguistics,

clipping

isthe

wordformationprocesswhichconsistsinthereductionofawordtooneofitsparts(Marchand:1969).longshortExamples:

gasoline

gas

hamburger

burger

delicatessen

deli

microphone

mike4.1.Definition2021/5/93Thisisbecauseinmoderntimes,peopletendtoeconomicalinwritingandspeechtokeepupwiththetempoofnewlifestyle.Tosavetimeoneislikelytoclipwordsthatarefrequentlyused.4.2.Whydowehaveclippingasawayofword-formation?2021/5/944.3.Fivecommontypesofclipping:1.Frontclipping2.Backclipping3.Frontandbackclipping4.Middleclipping5.Phraseclipping2021/5/95

robot

bot

Internet

net

turnpike

pike

omnibus

bus

telephone

phone

violoncello

cello

parachute

chute(1).Frontclipping2021/5/96(2).Backclippingdoctor

doc

gasoline

gascablegram

cableexamination

examadvertisement

ad2021/5/97(3).Frontandbackclippinginfluenza

fludetective

tec

prescriptionscript

apollinaris

polly

2021/5/98

spectacles

specsmathematicsmaths(4).Middleclipping

2021/5/99(5).Phraseclipping

popular

musicpop

publichouse

pubzoologicalgardenzoopermanentwavesperm2021/5/910Insomecases,clippinggiverisetoalterationsinspellingandpronunciation.Thischangeinformandsoundispossiblyduetotheinformalitytypicalofclippedforms.

Forconvenienceandcasualnessinspeech,peopleoftenomitoneortwosyllablesfromaword,andwhenit’swrittendown,anewspellingformiscoinedtosuittheoralform.Eg.refrigerator

fridge

microphone

miketelevision

tellyhandkerchief