Keep-up English

• 作 者: Feng Cuihua
• 出 处: 英语学习
• 发表日期: 2000年06期
• 关键词: formations constitute expect Webster record 导弹瞄准 missile sometimes quarters talk

Word formation is an easy and a popular means ofmaking new words.In 1976,Merriam-Webster published6000 words,a record of the new words that had appearedin the years following the publication of their ThirdInternational Dictionary in 1961.Of these 6000 words,ithas been found that 50% of them are word-formations andof this 50% two-fifths are affixations,and three-fifths arecompounds!It is reasonable to expect that word formationsalso constitute a considerable part of the new words thathave appeared since the 1980s,and recorded in mainstreamEnglish dictionaries,including the Supplement to the

Word formation is an easy and a popular means of making new words. In 1976, Merriam-Webster published6000 words, a record of the new words that had been found in the years following the publication of their ThirdInternational Dictionary in 1961.Of these 6000 words, ithas been found that 50% of them are word-formations andof this 50% two-fifths are affixations, and three-fifths arecompounds! It is reasonable to expect that word formationsalso constitute a considerable part of the new words thathave Posted by: 1980s, and recorded in mainstreamEnglish dictionaries, including the Supplement to the