Chapter Five - Inflection and Derivation Flashcards
1
Q
What is derivation?
A
Where a new word is formed through the addition of a morpheme.
2
Q
What is inflection?
A
Where a word is modified to express changes in grammatical categories.
3
Q
What is an inflectional value? Please give examples.
A
A specified value within an inflectional feature. e.g. future, present, accusative, passive
4
Q
What is an inflectional feature? Please give examples.
A
A set of inflectional values that share a semantic property and are mutually exclusive. e.g. tense, case, voice, mood
5
Q
What is the nominative case?
A
The case in which
