Easy Explanation of word

What is the Word ?

“Word” is the minimum unit of language, which conveys meaning or signal and is used to make sentences.

These “words” are the basic units of language and are used to form sentences by adding them when necessary. It is a summary of words, meaning or an important part of language formation and use. We speak, write and understand each other using language through words.

Simply put, when one or more letters combine together to form a meaningful word, it is called a word.

How are words made?

There are a few main ways words are formed:

• Phonogenesis: Phonogenesis is when we produce sounds with the help of various organs including our mouth and throat. For example, we can make the word “bam” or other words using the sounds “b”, “a”, “m”.
• Morphophonology: It deals with the various rules of sound change and phonological progression in word formation. For example, how many words add the suffix “an”, such as: “cut”, “play”, “sing”.
• Semantics: Words are used for meaning or value. Each word has a specific value, and adding it to the sentence expresses the value of any word or sentence.
• Language rules (Grammar): Language rules establish capillary connections with words and determine the rules of sentence structure. Using language conventions, words refer to person, time, place, etc. in essence.

These ways of forming and using words are related to many aspects of language, and combined with these, a fuller set of meaningful uses of language emerges.

What are the means of making words?

The means of making words is mainly increased through the creativity of language and the use of language. Some of the important word formation methods are as follows:

• Simile: One word is compared to another word to form a new word by simile. Common similes can be “like a light sugary smile on his face” and “his words are like a terrible rain” etc.
• Transposition: Transposition is used to create new words by replacing one word with another. For example, the transliteration of the word “gun” is “bullet”.
• Conjunctions: Conjunctions are used to combine several words to form new words. For example, the combination of the word “slowness” is “slow” + “speed”.
• Summation: Summation is used to form a new word using the sum of two or more words. For example, the combination of the word “Amara” is “A” + “Mor”.
• Inherited words: New words are formed by removing parts of a word. For example, the successor of the word “trust” is “asthi”.
• Changing word content: New words are formed by changing a letter or letters of a word. For example, the word “cola” can be formed by changing the word content of the word “banana”.

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Language can be written, spoken and created in conjunction with these mediums.

How many types of words in the English language?

Words in the English language are divided into different types. Following are some of the main word types:

Adjective: It describes a person, thing or place, eg: beautiful, big, growing.

Verb: Expresses an action or action, eg: play, read, went.

Noun: Name given to a person, thing or place, eg: people, book, city.

Adverb: Expresses how, how much or in what manner a verb is being acted upon, eg: well, on the car, slowly.

Preposition: Adds a word to another word, eg: on, between, after.

Pronoun: Used to state or define a person or thing, eg: I, you, he, they.

Article: Preceded by a noun, eg: a, an, the.

Conjunction: Joins sentence or word, such as: and, but, if.

Prefix: added before a word and new words are made, eg: un-, re-, dis-.

Suffix: Adds after a word and makes new words, eg: -ful, -less, -ing.

Verb Phrase: These words are composed of two or more words, which are used to express the action or expression of a verb, for example: “is playing”, “has eaten”, “will go”.

English language uses all these types of words to create new words.

What are the smallest and largest words in English?

Shortest words:

“a”, “I”, “an”, “am”, “is”, “it”, “on”. (above), “at” (at), “of” (of), “to” (from).

Biggest Words:

“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” (a respiratory disease), “hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia” (fear of long words), “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” (amazing words), “antidisestablishmentarianism” (prohibition of the establishment of a religion), “floccinaucinihilipilification” (freedom of worthlessness).

What is the smallest element of English grammar?

The smallest elements of English grammar are:

• Letter
• Phoneme
• Vowel
• Consonant
• Word
• Sentence
• Paragraph

These are very important learning elements for understanding the rules and grammar of the English language. 

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