Chapter 5

Question 1

parasynthesis

Answer 1

a phenomenon in which a particular morphological category is signaled by the simultaneous presence of two morphemes

Question 2

internal stem change/apophony

Answer 2

lexeme formation that involve an internal vowel or consonant of a base, root or stem, sometimes this change alone or with the conjugation of affixation

Question 3

ablaut

Answer 3

morphological processes that affect the quality, quantity or tonal patterns of vowels

Question 4

umlaut

Answer 4

phonological process in which the vowel of the base is fronted or raised under the influence of a high vowel in the following syllable
- Frau –> Fräulein

Question 5

consonant mutations

Answer 5

morphological processes are signaled by changed in consonants rather than vowels in the base, root or stem –> may occur alone or in conjunction with affixation

Question 6

reduplication

Answer 6

all or part of word is repeated

Question 7

full reduplication

Answer 7

an entire base is repeated

Question 8

attentuative

Answer 8

a form meaning ‘sort of’ OR ‘a little bit’

Question 9

partial reduplication

Answer 9

only part of a base is repeated

Question 10

templatic morphology/root and pattern

Answer 10

words are derived by means of arranging morphemes according to meaningful patterns, consonants vowels or templates
–> also: simulfixtion, transfixation

Question 11

triliteral root

Answer 11

a root consisting fo three consonants

Question 12

binyan

Answer 12

template pattern

Question 13

habilitative

Answer 13

can V (verb form)

Question 14

substractive morphology

Answer 14

deletes part of its base, rather than adding or changing
- Patrick –> Pat
- Barbara –> Barb
- Mitchell –> Mitch