A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO WORD FORMATION PROCESSES IN ENGLISH

This article fore-grounds the importance of the word as the building block by the language. It then position that a learner can only start the process by maintaining a language through a proper grasp by its lexical items. An exposure to the processes involved in the formation of words is a right step in language pedagogy. Since English is the language of instruction in Nigeria, this paper provides a crucial insight into word formation process in the language. It submits that the adequate knowledge of this process will not only assist the learners in their education engagements, fault also aid in enriching their vocabulary and assist there to use words more creatively.