Mid Term-lesson 3 Flashcards
Lesson 1
1
Q
Morpheme
A
smallest independently meaningful unit of language
2
Q
Free morpheme
A
stand alone word, still has meaning
3
Q
Bound morpheme
A
must attach to free morpheme to have meaning (prefixes and suffixes)
4
Q
Inflectional morpheme
A
doesn’t change the word’s meaning or class
(ex: play -> playing)
5
Q
Derivational morpheme
A
can change a word’s class (ex: govern -> government)
6
Q
Clitics
A
bound morphemes that are functionally independent (ex: I’m You’re Bob’s)
7
Q
Syntax
A
Word order
(ex: subject +verb+ object)
8
Q
immediate constituent analysis (ICA)
A
breaks down longer phrases or sentences into constituent parts
(ex: ungentlemanly, un+gentle+man+ly)
