Word Formation in Oremo
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1993-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Word formation is a process of creatin9 new words from existing
. _a. Derivation aDll ceape\IIIIIU.Df are tile .. at c_n precessea ef
word formation.
Xn this study, an atteapt is aade to des=i.e such verd foraation
processes in Oromo. The aain body of the paper haa two parts.
Xn the first part derviational processes are described. Xt is shown
that different lexical categories are derived by adding various
affixes to bases belonging to different lexical categories; and that
the addition of the affixes entails different properties of phonology,
morphology, syntax and semantics.
In the second part, the process of compounding is desCribed.
Xt is shown that different lexical categories are formed by combining
two words or stems ; and that such a process also entails different
phonological, IIOrphological, syntactic and seaantic characteristics.
Furtheraore, the gaps to be found in the combination of
different lexical categories in word formation of the language are
explained.
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Word Formation