Morphemes Flashcards

1
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difine morpheme

A

is the smallest unit of meaning or grammatical function

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2
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difine Morph

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is the phonetical realization of a morpheme (sound)

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3
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difine allomorph

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is the way ou ways a morph can potentionally sound

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4
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Roots can be?

A

free, most of them are. or bounded - “ceive”, cur”, “mit”, “tain”

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5
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affixes are?

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always bounded: prefixes, infixes, suffixes

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6
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tell the correlations of morphemes and morphs.

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one-to-one,
1 morph, more than one morpheme
1 morpheme more than one morph (allomorph)
1 morpheme 0 morph
1 morph 0 morpheme - empty morph

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7
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allomorphs?

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morheme of plural
morpheme of 3 person
morpheme of past tense
morpheme of negation

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8
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allomorph of the morpheme of plural and 3 person

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ends in voiceless consonants - /s/
ends in voiced consonants and vowels - /z/
ends in sibilants - /iz/

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9
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allomorph of the morpheme of reguar past tense

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ends in voiced consonants exept T - /t/
ends in voiced consonants and vowels exept D - /d/
ends in t or d - /id/

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10
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allomorph of the morpheme of negation

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preciding biliabial consonants - /im/
preciding alveolar consonants - /in/
preciding velar consonants or vowels- /iŋ/

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11
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morphological processes

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affixation -
derivation (change of meaning, change of grammatical class, change of grammatical sub-class)

inflection - (tense, aspect, number, degree, case)

compounding -
endrocentric ( right-headed, left-heded)
exocentric (opaque, copulative)

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12
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difference between derivation and inflection

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derivational- can change meaning, can change grammatical class, apear in dictionary, open

Inflection - do not change meaning, do not change grammatical funcion, can add grammatical pecifications (s), do not apear in the dictionary, closed.

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13
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derivational morphemes, change of meaning

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prefixes
- negative (idea)
- reversive (action)
- degree ( ultra)
- order ( ex)

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14
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change of grammatical class

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suffixes
- v—-n
- v—-a
- d—–n

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15
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change of grammatical sub-class

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suffixes
- concrete noun —– abstract noun
- abstract noun ——- concrete noun
- noun —– dominuitive noun

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16
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inflection morpheme

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tense - ed, ing
aspect - ing
number - s
degree - er, est
case - ´s , his

17
Q

compounding

A

ate least 2 roots

18
Q

endocentric right-headed

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  • noun compounds
    n-n
    a-n
    p-n
  • adjective compounds
    a-a
    n-a
    p-a
  • verb compounds
    v-v
    n-v
    a-v
    p-v
19
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exocentric opaque

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the words have nothing to do with the meaning

20
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exocentric copulative

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both words have the same value

21
Q

coinage

A

gillettt

22
Q

clipping

A

backformation - babyityng

23
Q

blending

A

motel

24
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borrow

A

croissant