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morphemes Flashcards

1
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how can we group morphemes?

A

Free and bound

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2
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Bound morphemes have 2 types:

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inflectional and derivational

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3
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What are compound words?

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Sometimes two or more free morphemes are joined together to make a new word,

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4
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inflectional morphemes are found where in eng?

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suffixes only

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5
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what is blending?

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Words can be blended together to make a new word brexit

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6
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what is the stem of uncomfortable

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comfort

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7
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what is the stem?

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main part of the word, used to make sense (the root) extra bits are not the stem

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8
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what is morphology?

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The area of word structure

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9
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words can be broken down into…

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Morphemes

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10
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What is a morpheme?

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Smallest unit of meaning in a word

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11
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what can free morphemes do?

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can stand alone as a word in its own right.

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12
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what can’t a bound morpheme do?

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cannot stand alone. It has to be attached to a free morpheme.

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13
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ex of: cat cow teacher

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free, free, teach free -er bound

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14
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list some free morphemes

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15
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bound morphemes add what to a stem word

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affixes

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16
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an affix at the beginning is called?

A

prefix

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17
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an affix at the end of a word is called?

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suffix

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18
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what is special about infixes

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in the middle of a word dont have these in eng

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19
Q

Inflectional has to do with_______

Derivational has to do with ______________

A

grammer, changing meaning

20
Q

grammatical functions match with

A

inflectional morphemes

21
Q

how do nouns use inflectional morphemes for grammatical functions?

A

plural -s

possession-‘s,s’

22
Q

give ex of noun with inflectional morphemes

A

anything with a s,’s or s’

plural/possession

23
Q

how to verbs use inflectional morphemes to show grammatical functions?

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verb markers -ed, -s, -ing, -en

24
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give ex of verb being used inflectionally

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any verb with -ed, -s, -ing, -en

25
Q

how to adjectives and some adverbs show grammatical functions?

A

comparative -er

superlative-est

26
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ex of adverb/adjective used inflectionally

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-er, -est

27
Q

what word classes are affected by inflectional morphemes?

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nouns, verbs, adj,adv

28
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derivational morphemes can be used to make changes to a

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word’s meaning

29
Q

un is an example of what morpheme?

A

bound, derivational

30
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actor is an example of what type of morpheme

A

bound derivational

31
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bound morphemes are the bits that give the most info

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32
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when affixes are used to change ——— they change dictionary definition as well

A

meaning

33
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what adds particular meaning to free morphemes?

A

prefixes and suffixes

34
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un means

A

oppositeness

35
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pre means

A

before

36
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-er means

A

person connected with/person who does…

37
Q

-ness means

A

state of being

38
Q

in a compound where is the head of the word?

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the right most word is the head of the compound whereas the left has an adjectival quality and described the head word

39
Q

how many morphemes is: He will recover the chair

?

A

re/cover=2

40
Q

how many morphemes ins he will recover from his cold?

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recover=1

check context what does the word mean before sperate into morphemes

41
Q

the smallest ______ of meaning is a _________

A

unit, morpheme

42
Q

what are portmanteau words

A

blends

43
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what are ginormous and brunch an example of

A

blends

44
Q

can blends and compuds also have affixations

A

yes

45
Q

label whats happening in ginormously

A

blend+suffix ly

46
Q

label what’s happening here? footprints

A

compound +inflectional foot/print/s

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