語ご形けい成せい

noun

word formation

Linguistics term referring to the processes by which new words are created, such as compounding, derivation, and inflection.

• 語ご形けい成せいの研けん究きゅうは、言げん語ご学がくの重じゅう要ような分ぶん野やの一ひとつです。

  The study of word formation is one of the important fields of linguistics.

• この言げん語ごでは、複ふく合ごう語ごによる語ご形けい成せいが非ひ常じょうに生せい産さん的てきだ。

  In this language, word formation through compounding is highly productive.