Chapter 3 Major Word Formation (2)
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Contents: formation of compounds, conversion
Objectives:
1. Have a systematic study of the most productive word formation: compounding and conversion.
2.Cultivate students’ ability to guess the meaning of words according to the information of word formation.
3.Enlarge students’ vocabulary through the basis information of word formation
Difficult points: formation of compounds, definition of conversion, different types of conversion
Procedures:
Step I Brief review of the last lecture by analyzing the exercises
Step II Presentation
1.Present some examples and ask the students to summarize the formation of compounds attentively.
2.Detailed analysis of the formation of compounds.
3.Supply the students with examples and let them explain the reason why conversion is also called zero-derivation.
4.Analysis of different types of conversion and the stylistic features of conversion.
Step III Answer students’ questions
Step IV Homework
2. Study the following words and decide how each word was formed. Put your answer in the bracket.
Example: disobey (affixation or prefixation)
disloyal ( ) harden ( )
mass-produce ( ) motel ( )
downfall ( ) dorm ( )
incapable ( ) VOA ( )
glorify ( ) radar ( )
edit ( ) sandwich ( )
familiars ( ) gas ( )
water-proof ( ) quixotic ( )
keys: Disloyal ( prefixation, affixation) Harden (suffixation, affixation)
Mass-produce (back-formation) Motel (blending)
Downfall (compounding, conversion) dorm (clipping)
incapable (prefixation) VOA (acronymy)
Glorify (suffixation) Radar (acronymy)
Edit (back-formation) Sandwich (word from proper names)
Gas (clipping) Water-proof (compounding)
Quixotic (word from proper names)
