Research log for chapters 6, 7 and 8

In chapter 6 are explained the processes of word formation, from the least common process to the most common process of word formation in the English language. Such as coinage (the invention of new terms), borrowing (taking words from different languages), compounding (joining of two separate words to produce a single form), blending, clipping (the word is reduced to a shorter form), then backformation, conversion, acronyms and the most common derivation (small “bits” called affixes, which appear in words).Then in this chapter are described the different affixes, such as prefixes, which is added to the beginning of the word and suffixes, which is added to the end of the word. Also another type of affixes called infix, which is included inside another word. In chapter 7, is described the basic elements in a language, known as morphemes and the study of those elements, the term morphology. Types of morphemes used in English are free and bound morphemes. Then there are two categories of free morphemes, such as lexical and functional morphemes. Also there are two categories of bound, such as derivational and inflectional morphemes. One morpheme has different versions, which are called allomorphs. Then in chapter 8 are described the rules for proper use of language and definitions of the technical terms such as nouns, pronouns, articles, verbs, adverbs, adjective, prepositions and conjunctions. The category grammatical gender helps us distinguish between masculine and feminine. With the labeled and bracketed analysis of the structure of a sentence we can easily understand how the sentences are formed in the English language.