Word Formation Processes: Affixation, Compounding, Conversion
Major Word-Formation Processes
T5
- Affixation:
- Prefix: non-smoker
- Suffixation: useless
- Infix: fan-freaking-tastic
- Conversion (Functional Shift):
- clean (adj) vs. clean (v)
- Compounding:
- Solid: wastepaper
- Hyphenated: week-end
- Open: corner shop
Minor Word-Formation Processes
- Commonization/Eponym: A proper name enters the language as a common noun (to xerox, sandwich, guy).
- Reduplication:
- Rhyme compounds: walkie-talkie, bye-bye
- Ablaut compounds: ping-pong
- Onomatopoeia: quack, cuckoo
- Back-formation: Deletion of a supposed
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Miguel de Cervantes and Spanish Baroque Literature
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
Poetry
- Minor poems: ballads, sonnets
- Major poems: epistle to Mateo Vazquez, song of Calliope, Parnassus trip
Theater
- First period: The Numancia, The Treatment of Algiers
- Second period:
- Eight plays: The Gallant Spanish, The Great Sultana, Baths of Algiers, The House of Jealousy, The Labyrinth of Love, Fun, Happy the Ruffian, Pedro de Urdemalas
- Eight Interludes: The Cave of Salamanca, The Jealous Old Man, Keeping Careful, The Altarpiece of the Wonders, The Judge in Divorce,