Word Formation in Oremo

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1993-06

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Addis Ababa University

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W.rd f.rmati.n is a ~.ce.s of cre~tin9 neww.rds fr •• existing •••••• Deriyat1.n &allc:eapeundlDt are the _st c-.n prec••••• et werd f.rm.ti.n. :In this .twly, an atteapt is .ade t. d.scri»e sueh weN f.r •• ti.n processes in Oromo. The aain body of the paper has two parts. In the first part derviational pt'ocesses are described. It is shown that different lexieal eateqori.. are derived by adding yariou. 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 compoundingis desCribed. It is shownthat different lexical categories are formedby combining two words or stems; and that such a process also entails different phonological, aorphological. syntactic and aeaantic characteristics. Furtheraor., the gaps to be found in the eoabinatlon of different lexical categories in word formation of the language are explained.

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Word Formation

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