MORPHOLOGY : Types of Word Formation

1. Affixation

1.1. Suffixes

1.1.1. Inflectional

1.1.2. Derivational

1.2. Prefixes

2. Reduplication

3. Clipping

3.1. Fore Clipping

3.2. Middle Clipping

3.3. Back Clipping

3.4. Complex Clipping

4. Blending

5. Compounding

5.1. Categories

5.1.1. Closed

5.1.2. Hyphenated

5.1.3. Open

5.2. Types

5.2.1. Endocentric

5.2.2. Exocentric