Onomatopoeia

Word that mimics the sound of the

object or action it refers to.
Buzz, hiss, meow, splash, hoot, honk
English

Japanese

Cook-a-doo Kokekokko
Meow

Nya

Tagalog
Kuk-kakauk
Niyaw

Indonesia
n
Kukuruyuk
Meong

Examples of Onomatopoeia for Kids. (2016). YourDictionary. Retrieved 26 March 2016,

from http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-onomatopoeia-for-kids.html

Reduplication
Linguistic form which contains
systematic
repetition
of
phonological
material
for
morphological or lexical purposes.
English reduplication is used mostly
to create new words or to give a
special meaning to the word, to
express emotional attitudes, or
copy the childish language
Holovatenko, T. REDUPLICATION AS ONE OF THE WAYS TO CREATE NEW WORDS IN ENGLISH.

Cont.
Full reduplication
Entire words are duplicated
In Malay
rumah (house)
rumah-rumah (houses)
Pelajar (student)
Pelajar-pelajar
(students)
In Hawaiian language,
wali (smooth)
waliwali (easy-going)
Kiko (dot)
kikokiko (freckled)
Kauffman, C. Reduplication reflects uniqueness and innovation in language, thought and culture.

Cont.
Partial reduplication
Parts of words are reduplicated
Ping-pong, see-saw
In Hebrew, chatul (cat)
chatatul
(kitten)

Kauffman, C. Reduplication reflects uniqueness and innovation in language, thought and culture.

Types of reduplication
Reduplication in baby talk
Words that baby can comprehend but not
quite articulate completely are easier to
shorten into double syllables
Dada for daddy, buh-buh for bottle

Rhyming reduplication
Different words with near duplicated sounds
resulting in rhyming
Lovey-dovey, itsy-bitsy, hanky-panky
Kauffman, C. Reduplication reflects uniqueness and innovation in language, thought and culture.

Types of reduplication
Ablaut reduplication
Changing vowels of words that nearly
rhyme
Chit-chat, tick-tock, zig-zag

Name doubling
Used for close relationships
Jon-Jon, Mo-Mo, Jay-Jay

Kauffman, C. Reduplication reflects uniqueness and innovation in language, thought and culture.

Coinage
New words are created accidently or
deliberately without using other word
processes.
Word formation processes that is
created by inventing new words
(neology).
Trademark names that are adopted
by the masses and they become
words
of language.
Kosur,everyday
H. (2012).Forming New
Words: Coinages,
Nonce Words, Loanwords, and Calques in
English.Bright
Hub
Education.
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25
March
2016,
from
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Cont.
Name of product from a specific
reference to a more general one
Xerox, Kleenex, Kodak, Laundromat

Complicated chemical or technical

term to replace standard terms
Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid)
painkillers

Coinage (novel creation)

A speaker or writer forms a word
without
starting
from
other
morphemes or other word formation
processes.
Scrumdiddlyumptious from Matilda by
Roald Dahl
Heffalump from Winnie the Pooh by A.
A. Milne

Kemmer, S.Words in English: Types of Word Formation.Ruf.rice.edu. Retrieved 25

March 2016, from http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words/wordtypes.html