conversion, compounding, abbreviation, blending

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1. What serves as a word-formation means in the given pairs of words. Stress these words.

2. Choose one of the compound words from the box to fill in the gaps in the sentences given below.Give lexical meanings of these compound words.

to keyboard, a shareholder, a breakdown, awestruck, to blackball, a plantswoman, an argy-bargy,

lowbrow, pea-souper, a bodyguard, a go-getter, a scatterbrainTodays ... forced drivers to slow down that caused an enormous traffic congestion. 2. All the data then has

to be ... . 3. You are getting on my nerves. I wont discuss this matter with such a... as you are. 4. She moved

to London after the ... of her marriage. 5. Fred has been working as a ... for the last few years. 6. He has toleave the club as all its members... him. 7. Her aunt is a ... of a big prosperous company. 8. I cant stand

many ... programmes showed on TV every day. 9. She has a reputation as a real... . 10. We sat in ... silence

hearing the truth at last. 11. We didnt know how to plant these bushes and asked a ... to consult us. 12.

We became unintentional witnesses of a bit ... between actors and their director.

3. What's the difference in meaning between the following pairs?break-out versus outbreak

let-out versus outlet

hang-over versus overhang

set-up versus upset

lay-out versus outlay

look-out versus outlooktake-over versus overtake

4. Fill in the blanks with the right words to form compound adjectives. If you find the exercise toodifficult, look for the right words in the list below.

absent-... professor

air-... apartment

audio- aids

bitter-... taste

blood-... monster

brand-... car

breast-... infant

breath... viewbullet-... jacket

clean-... man

cold-... criminal

duty- shop

fact-... mission

far-... conclusion

first-... ticket

freeze-... coffee

front-... news

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CLIPPING

Note: clipping means cutting off the beginning or the end of a word, or both, leaving a part to stand for the

whole. The resultant form is called a clipped word. The jargon of the students is filled with clipped words:

LAB, DORM, PROF, EXAM GYM, MATH, etc. As these examples suggest, the clipping of the end of a

word is the most common, and it is mostly nouns that undergo this process. However, be careful in using

them in exams, theses, etc., as some examiner-will not accept them, and you will lose a mark for their use.

As a safe generalisation, use them only in spoken English.

EXERCISE Give the original words from which these clipped words were formed.


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BLENDING

Note: blending is the fusion of two words into one, usually the first part of one word with the last part of

another, as in BRUNCH, from BREAKFASTand LUNCH. The resultant blend shares both original

meanings. The two classes, blends and clipped words are not sharply separated, and some words may be put

into either class.

EXERCISE Give the originals of these blends.

e.g. BRUNCH = BReakfast + lUNCH

autobus

Benelux

breathalyser

cablegram

Eurovision

heliport

Interpol

motel

newscast

paratroops

telecast

smog

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