E. WORD-FORMATION
397 Words are formed from other words in two
ways:
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(1) By adding a suffix to an existing stem, or by
slightly changing an ending so as to make a new one (derivation; the new word is derived from the old).
- (2) By putting two words or stems together into one (composition; the new word is a compound of the two).
- a. Declension and conjugation are special forms of derivation, so clearly marked in character that they properly receive separate names. The formation of adverbs has been treated in connection with declension (
[228](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-228.html), [229](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-229.html), [230](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-230.html), [231](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-231.html), [232](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-232.html), [233](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-233.html), [234](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-234.html), [235](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-235.html), [236](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-236.html), [237](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-237.html)), but might have been treated here. So with the numeral adjectives, adverbs, and nouns described in [191](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-191.html), [192](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-192.html).