LoveableSemi suffixes are elements, which stand midway between full words & suffixes Like Worthy Way Wise A Godlike creature Trustworthy Clockwise Midway 6 ways of suffixing in English: Derivation by native suffixes without changes in stress, vowels, consonants Godlike Derivation by borrowed suffix without changes in stress, vowels, consonants Loveable Derivation by imported suffixes, which involves the change in Japan Japanese The suffix is added to a Latin stem which closely related to an English word science – scientist The suffix is added to a Latin stem, which has no English equivalent lingua – lingual Words borrowed separately but have the same patterns of word building candidate – candidacy president – presidency This is called correlative derivation. CONVERSION (zero derivation) A certain stem is used for the formation of a categorically different word without a derivative element being added. Bag – to bag Back – to back Bottle – to bottle This specific pattern is very productive in English The most popular types are noun → verb or verb → noun To take off – a take off
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