chapter 1 Flashcards
1
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The smallest meaningful unit in a language
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Morpheme
2
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It’s a …. , part of … with meaning.
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word
3
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It’s ….
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indivisible
4
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It occur in different ……… with relatively stable meaning
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verbal environment
5
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can be uttered alone with meaning
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free morpheme
6
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can not be uttered alone with meaning, may occur only when they combine with another morpheme
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bound morpheme
7
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part of word that has the principle meaning
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base
8
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Bases are very …..
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numerous
9
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most of bases are …., but some are…..
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free morphemes/ bound
10
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A word may contain …
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1 base and 1 or more affixes.
11
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is a bound morpheme that occur before, within or after a base.
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affix
12
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- do not change the part of speech.
- come last in a word.
- go with all stems.
- do not pile up.
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Inflectional affixes
13
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can change the meaning or the word class of the words/ bases which they are added to.
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Derivational affixes
