Chapter 2: Morphology Flashcards by Rita Navarro

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Morphemes

A

elemental units that constitute words

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Form vs. Meaning

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sound/gesture vs. concept

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Linguistic Sign

A

form and meaning

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Free Morphemes (General)

A

stand alone

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Free Morphemes (Open Class)

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stand alone: content words

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Free Morphemes (Closed Class)

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stand alone: function words

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Bound Morphemes (General)

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bound to other morphemes

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Bound Morphemes (Affixes [General])

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prefixes, suffixes, circumfixes, infixes

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Bound Morphemes (Affixes [Derivational])

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derive new words

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Bound Morphemes (Affixes [Inflectional])

A

grammatical changes

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Bound Morphemes (Roots)

A

ex. -ceive

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Complex Word

A

root with stems (affixed)

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Productive

A

apply freely to appropriate stem

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Suppletive

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escape inflectional morphology

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Compound

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two or more root words

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Head

A

rightmost word, bears meaning

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Back-Formations

A

created by misinterpreting an affix