Morohology Flashcards
Morph
Phonological realisation of a morpheme
Morpheme
Most fundamental unit of meaning in a language
Bound morpheme
Requires other morphemes to make sense (eg. Grammatical endings)
Free morpheme
Can stand alone and carry meaning (eg. Nouns, infinitives)
Analytical language
Words are composed mostly of one morpheme (eg Chinese)
Synthetical language
Words regularly contain multiple morpheme (eg. Latin, French)
Morphological processes (MP)
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Derivational MP
Deriving new meanings from a root word plus bound or unbound morphemes (see etymology)
Inflectional MP
The modification of a word to establish different grammatical categories
Word formation WF
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Affixation wf
Suffices and prefixes
Compounding wf
Hyphens or blends
Cumulation wf
Consecutive morphemes in one form (see inflectional)
Suppletion wf
The presence of irregulars (but still within the same paradigm)
Fusion wf
Modifying morphemes and compounding them eg phablet
