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This paper investigates the word-formation processes, particularly, the argument of the compounding and the derivation: their definitions, their differences, and their intermingling cases. This study will concentrate on word-formation processes throughout the Koiné Κοινή Greek language in the light of papyri. The elements of the affixes, which had been discussed in several studies, are also taken here into consideration regarding their assisting functions whether in compounds or derivatives. Due to the idea that the Koiné Greek language is a stem-based one, it became necessary to examine the inflection process associated with the compounding or the derivation and may occupy an initial or a final position. Another word-formation process is obtained through the usage of derivational suffixes. This process is called the changing of word class and it is produced in the Koiné Greek language by using conversion which involves the endocentric nominal compounds as the most common formations. This will be discussed through the zero grade to avoid the usage of full formations of words.
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