Base-creating word formation

Base-creating word formation

1. Coining

   • New/trade names
     • Ex: Nylon
   • Lexical isolates
     • Nonce words
       • 1) facetious puns = workaholic
       • 2)momentary lexical gap fillers =cyberphopic
       • 3) retorical anomalies = unsad
     • Bonce-formations
       • new lexical items proposed for a technical status within a specialized domain.
   • Assimilated coinages
     • 1) associations of letters randomly arranged
       • ex. Kodak
     • 2) reinvention of already exixting word with new meaning
       • ex. doddered
     • 3) associations of bound and unbound morphemes
       • ex. papilionaceous ( latin/greek)

2. Eponymization

   • converion of personal names into common words
     • ex. Parkinson syndrome
   • One form
     • transformation of a personal name to a common noun
       • ex. Newton
     • derivative
       • ex. kilo-watts
     • juxtapositions
       • ex.. galvanoscope, saintpaulia, ampermeter, gal, tawdry
   • multi-word
     • possessive constructions
       • ex. Adam's apple
     • binomials
       • Ex. Judas kiss
     • binominals
       • ex.Adam and Eve
     • syntagms
       • ex. As old as methuselah
     • hybrid constructions
       • ex. the FGLM algorithm
     • epynoms within eponyms
       • ex. the Brauer group of Enriques surface
     • eponymic idioms

3. Toponyms

   • a place name, the geographical place itself, they pay homage to national heros
   • connnected to sports
     • ex. derby
   • foods, cooking related
     • ex. DIjon mustard
   • names of drinks
     • ex. cognac
   • name of dances
     • ex. polca
   • name of colours
     • ex. magenta
   • fabrics
     • ex. jersey
   • chemical elements
     • ex. polonium
   • diseases
     • ex. Stockholm syndrome
   • hand-made products
     • ex. Sisal fiber