Lecture 9

3. The method that analyzes the historical development of word formation.
7. A suffix considered productive and commonly used for agents, as in "teacher."
8. a minor process of word formation involving the reduction of words, like "doc" from "doctor."
9. The process where nouns become verbs without affixes, e.g., "to paper."
10. A word derived by combining two stems, like "bookcase."

1. formation. The linguistic branch studying how new words are formed.
2. The system focusing on the current patterns of word formation in a language.
4. words Words coined for a specific occasion, often not recorded in dictionaries.
5. a common word-building process involving the addition of prefixes or suffixes.
6. An English word formed by blending parts of two words, like "brunch."