Derivation covers various processes of word formation by the addition of affixes, such as the creation of adjectives from nouns (professional＜profession), nouns from verbs (computer＜compute), adjectives from verbs(conceivable＜conceive), and verbs from nouns(eulogize＜eulogy).

Explain the term “euphemism” with examples. Describe the use of euphemisms in social communication. What will result in euphemistic clichés?

Describe the distinctive features of Black English in its syntactic system by using examples.

phone

ethnic dialect

language center

creole

hierarchical structure

contrastive analysis

interlanguage

co-hyponyms