Exam 2: morphology Flashcards
morphology
analysis of word structure
morphological processes
word formation process
process that changes syntactic category without affix
conversion
change in word form to convey grammatical information
inflection
the compound Bigfoot is
endocentric
the compound caveman is
endocentric
the compound Swansong is
exocentric
define morphological process:
English foot/feet
internal change
define morphological process:
motel
blending
define morphological process:
feng-shui
borrowing
define morphological process:
IBM (computer company)
acronym
define morphological process:
gator
clipping
define morphological process:
Classical Arabic: /mar?at/ woman /nisa?/ women
suppletion
define morphological process:
Indonesian: /rumah/ ‘house’ /rumahrumah/ ‘houses’
reduplication
define morphological process:
hiss
onomatopoeia
morphological elements that must attach to host word
clitic
use of initial sounds in word or title, pronounced as word
acronym
words created to sound like what they name
onomatopoeia
combining of non-morphemic parts of two existing words
blends
shortening of polysyllabic word by deleting syllables
clipping
removal of affix/affix-like portion to form another word
back formation
smallest free form found in a language (simple or complex)
word
variations of a morpheme
allomorph
process that changes syntactic category without affix
conversion
change in word form to convey grammatical information
inflection
mental dictionary
lexicon
affix added to ending of word
suffix
core of word, carries most meaning
root
base to which inflectional affix is added
stem
form to which an affix is added
base
repetition of all or part of base
reduplication
a compound that represents a subtype of the head
endocentric
replacing morpheme entirely to indicate inflectional change
suppletion
indicate whether the word “rider” is morphologically simple, includes and inflectional affix or includes a derivation affix
includes a derivational affix
Indicate whether the the word “colder” is morphologically simple, includes an inflectional affix, or includes a derivational affix.
includes inflectional affix
Indicate whether the the word “silver” is morphologically simple, includes an inflectional affix, or includes a derivational affix.
morphologically simple
Indicate whether the the word “legs” is morphologically simple, includes an inflectional affix, or includes a derivational affix.
includes inflectional affix
Indicate whether the the word “radish” is morphologically simple, includes an inflectional affix, or includes a derivational affix.
morphologically simple
