morphemes Flashcards
how can we group morphemes?
Free and bound
Bound morphemes have 2 types:
inflectional and derivational
What are compound words?
Sometimes two or more free morphemes are joined together to make a new word,
inflectional morphemes are found where in eng?
suffixes only
what is blending?
Words can be blended together to make a new word brexit
what is the stem of uncomfortable
comfort
what is the stem?
main part of the word, used to make sense (the root) extra bits are not the stem
what is morphology?
The area of word structure
words can be broken down into…
Morphemes
What is a morpheme?
Smallest unit of meaning in a word
what can free morphemes do?
can stand alone as a word in its own right.
what can’t a bound morpheme do?
cannot stand alone. It has to be attached to a free morpheme.
ex of: cat cow teacher
free, free, teach free -er bound
list some free morphemes
bound morphemes add what to a stem word
affixes
an affix at the beginning is called?
prefix
an affix at the end of a word is called?
suffix
what is special about infixes
in the middle of a word dont have these in eng
Inflectional has to do with_______
Derivational has to do with ______________
grammer, changing meaning
grammatical functions match with
inflectional morphemes
how do nouns use inflectional morphemes for grammatical functions?
plural -s
possession-‘s,s’
give ex of noun with inflectional morphemes
anything with a s,’s or s’
plural/possession
how to verbs use inflectional morphemes to show grammatical functions?
verb markers -ed, -s, -ing, -en
give ex of verb being used inflectionally
any verb with -ed, -s, -ing, -en
how to adjectives and some adverbs show grammatical functions?
comparative -er
superlative-est
ex of adverb/adjective used inflectionally
-er, -est
what word classes are affected by inflectional morphemes?
nouns, verbs, adj,adv
derivational morphemes can be used to make changes to a
word’s meaning
un is an example of what morpheme?
bound, derivational
actor is an example of what type of morpheme
bound derivational
bound morphemes are the bits that give the most info
when affixes are used to change ——— they change dictionary definition as well
meaning
what adds particular meaning to free morphemes?
prefixes and suffixes
un means
oppositeness
pre means
before
-er means
person connected with/person who does…
-ness means
state of being
in a compound where is the head of the word?
the right most word is the head of the compound whereas the left has an adjectival quality and described the head word
how many morphemes is: He will recover the chair
?
re/cover=2
how many morphemes ins he will recover from his cold?
recover=1
check context what does the word mean before sperate into morphemes
the smallest ______ of meaning is a _________
unit, morpheme
what are portmanteau words
blends
what are ginormous and brunch an example of
blends
can blends and compuds also have affixations
yes
label whats happening in ginormously
blend+suffix ly
label what’s happening here? footprints
compound +inflectional foot/print/s
