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Morphemes Flashcards

1
Q

What is a lexicon

A

words stored in the mind. Mental dictionary of speaker. It stores meaning and phonological form. It’s maximally efficient.

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2
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What is a morpheme.

A

smallest unit of language that carries meaning.

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3
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Where is a morpheme stored

A

In the mental lexicon

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4
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What is a heavy and light syllable

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Heavy; vowel + consonant or glide
Light: Only vowel or syllabic consonant.

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5
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What is the most important component of word structure

A

morpheme

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6
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What is the difference between simple and complex words.

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Simple: single morpheme (train)
complex: words contain multiple morphemes. (trains)

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7
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What is a free morpheme

A

Words can be by itself.

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8
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What is a bound morpheme

A

Morpheme that needs to be attached to another element. Affix

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9
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What is a root

A

semantic core of complex word. In English, usually free.

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10
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What alters the meaning (syntactic category) and is a bound

A

Affix.

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11
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Does an affix belong to syntactic category

A

No.

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12
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What is a base

A

A landing site for affix.

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13
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What do Roots belong to

A

Syntactic categories (noun,verb,adj,prep)

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14
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T or F, every affix has a base

A

True

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15
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T or F : Roots of complex words are always bases

A

True

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16
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T or F: Bases are always roots

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False

17
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What is Compositionality

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Meaning of words can be derived from meaning of the parts and order.

18
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Are complex words compositional

A

Yes. Meaning of entire word can be deduced from assembling the parts.

19
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What does a morphological tree capture

A

Morpheme relations. (Binary branching)

20
Q

Is the -en in blacken an infix

A

No, its a suffix that combines to adjective black to give the verb blacken.

21
Q

What is a syntactic category

A

Group of word that shares morphological and syntactic properties. (n,v,adj,adv)

22
Q

Affix -ness only attaches to what

A

state of being. adjectives

23
Q

Un (not) attaches to what

A

Adjectives

24
Q

Un- reverse action attaches to what

A

Verbs

25
Q

What is Ambiguity

A

more than one meaning for one form.

26
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What is morphological ambiguity

A

More than one possible morphological tree -each meaning has its own structure.

27
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Does every word contain at least a morpheme

A

Yes

28
Q

Morphology precedes what

A

Phonology and phonetics. Morphology is in UR of phonology

29
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Does affix belong to syntactic category

A

No

30
Q

Does affix affect syntactic category

A

Yes potentially.

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