Word-formation processes:General Introduction 1.The categories of word-formation processes A.the three major processes a.Compounding/Composition: (daybreak,earthquake,air-conditioner,housekeeping) b.Derivation/Affixation: (a)prefixation:(unfair,prewar) (b)suffixation:(bookish,modernize) antidisestablishmentarianistically (反对脱离英国国教主义地：8 morphemes,34 letters) pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (肺炎及超微硅岩火山微尘综合症：9 morphemes,45 letters) c.Conversion:(love:v.→n.,bottle:n.→v.)1. The categories of word-formation processes A. the three major processes a. Compounding/Composition: (daybreak, earthquake, air-conditioner, housekeeping) b. Derivation/Affixation: (a) prefixation: (unfair, prewar) (b) suffixation: (bookish, modernize) antidisestablishmentarianistically (反对脱离英国国教主义地：8 morphemes, 34 letters) pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (肺炎及超微硅岩火山微尘综合症: 9 morphemes, 45 letters) c. Conversion: (love: v.→n., bottle: n. →v.) Word-formation processes: General Introduction