Name: Nur Imanina Binti Effendy
Matric No: 1335384
ENCOM – Intro to Linguistics

identification, analysis, and description of the
structure of a given language's morphemes
and other linguistic units, such as root words,
affixes, parts of speech, intonations and
stresses, or implied context.

is the study of word structure and word
formation.
Derivation
Compounding
Reduplication
Borrowing
Back Formation
Coining
Blending
Acronyms
Clipping

a word-formation process in which meaning is expressed by
repeating all or part of a word. [variation]
Types
中文
Pinyin
Definition
to produce a phrase
一座座山
yī zuò-zuò shān
All the mountains
syllables in some
informal words
(family relations)
妈妈
弟弟
māma
dìdi
Mother
Brother (younger)
emphasis
红红
hóng-hóng
So red
monosyllabic
adjectives, but can
also occur with some
disyllabic ones
舒舒服服
shū-shu-fú-fu
Comfortable
冰凉冰凉
bīngliángbīngliáng
Ice-cool
single-syllable words
and morphemes
星星✨
xīngxīng
(distant) star, speck

A word adopted from another language and completely or
partially naturalized
Word
中文
Pinyin
Sofa
沙发
shāfā
Cola
可乐
kělè
Cartoon
卡通
kaa tung
Golf
高尔夫
gāoěrfū
Hacker
骇客
hàikè
Italian
Champagne
香槟
xiāngbīn
French
Ballet
芭蕾
bāléi
Language
English

a word formed from the initial letters of a
name or by combining initial letters of a
series of words.
北京大学
bei jing da xue
大学
da xue
北大
bei da
“Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau of the
Communist Party of China”
中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会
Zhōngguó gòngchandang zhōngyāng zhèngzhì jú chángwù
wěiyuánhuì
"Communist Party of China” + "Standing Committee"
中共中央政治局常委
Zhōnggòng zhōngyāng zhèngzhì jú chángwěi
"Communist Party” = "Politburo Standing
Committee"
政治局常委会
Zhèngzhì jú chángwěi huì
"Standing Committee"
常委会
Chángwěi huì