TYPES OF WORD FORMATION
Keywords:
formation, prefixes, suffixes, conversion, compound words.Abstract
The English language is praised for the beautiful way that words and sentences are constructed and utilised. There are numerous ways to create new words from an existing root word, but the usual approach involves adding a syllable or another word.
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