Word-buildings of nouns and adjectives

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Word formation of English words is an incredibly exciting process and is

Word formation of English words is an incredibly exciting process and is
somewhat similar to the assembly of a puzzle. In English, there are two ways of word formation: word composition and word production.

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Word-buildings

Derivation includes affixes (that is, prefixes and suffixes), conversions, alternating sounds and

Word-buildings Derivation includes affixes (that is, prefixes and suffixes), conversions, alternating sounds
accents, and abbreviations and abbreviations of words.

Composition is when we combine several words into one

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Composition

it is the union of stems or roots of two words in

Composition it is the union of stems or roots of two words
order to get a new word.
Ex: nouns (postman – почтальон)
Verbs (oven-bake – готовить в духовке)
Adjectives (heartbreaking – душераздирающий)
Adverbs (nevertheless – тем не менее)
Pronouns (someone – кто-то)

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Derivation

Word production includes three categories:
Affixes (this includes prefixes and suffixes)
Conversion
Alternating sounds and

Derivation Word production includes three categories: Affixes (this includes prefixes and suffixes)
stress
Prefix is the part of the word that comes before the root. Prefixes are most often used to change the meaning of a word and less often to change a part of speech.

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Suffix stands after the root before the ending - it is easy

Suffix stands after the root before the ending - it is easy
to determine from which part of speech the word belongs.
Noun suffixes can be divided into two groups: subject suffixes and abstract nouns.

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subject suffixes abstract nouns

subject suffixes abstract nouns