Syllabus
1. Introduction - defining lexicology, word-formation, basic concepts.
2. Derivation - prefixation
3. Suffixation
4. Confixation (the use of combining forms)
5. Compounding
6. Form reduction (clipping, abbreviation)
7. Form reduction (acronymy, blending, backformation)
8. Conversion
9. Semantic shift
10. Borrowing. Minor word-formation processes
11. Multi-word units
12. Neologisms
Annotation
An introduction to theoretical and practical description of the English lexicon: The first part of English lexicology, word-formation, provides a survey of the word-formation means employed in the lexicon, its innovation and dynamics.