morphemes Flashcards

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morpheme

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smallest unit of language that contains meaning (makes sense) and cannot be broken down any further

ex) walks
morpheme: walk - s

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2
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morphemes can be either

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free or bound

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3
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free

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element that does not need more morphemes to be grammatical

ex) phone

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4
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word

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free forms that contain multiple morphemes

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5
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what kind of morpheme does every word have?

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root

core meaning of the word

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6
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root

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morpheme that contains the core meaning of the word

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7
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affixes

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may be added to the root morpheme to modify it

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8
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are affixes bound or free

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bound

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9
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3 kinds of affixes:

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prefixes (attaches to left of root)
suffixes (attaches to right of root)
infixes (attaches in the middle)

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10
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distributional property of nouns

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occurs with some/all determiners (articles)

ex) the cat, a race

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distributional property of verbs

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occurs with some/all auxiliaries (helping verbs)

ex) can help, may want

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12
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distributional property of adjectives

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occurs with some/all degree words

ex) very bright, too fun

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13
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base

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form an affix attaches to

**may be bigger than the root

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14
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prefixes - word formation rules equation

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af + category of base –> category

ex) /de/ + V –> reverses V
de construct –> reverses construct

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15
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suffixes - word formation rules equation

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category of base + af –> category

ex) N + /s/ –> plural N

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16
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words formation types:

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derivation
inflection
compounding

17
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derivational affix

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builds a word with meaning that differs from base

ex) reduce + ion = reduction

18
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inflectional affix

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indicates grammatical info of various sorts

19
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can derivational or inflectional change the category of the word?

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derivational (not always)

20
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inflectional affixes: nouns

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-s –> plural (plants)
-s –> genitive (Pat’s thing)

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inflectional affixes: verbs

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-s –> 3rd person present (he works)
-ed –> past tense (he worked)
-en/-ed –> past participle (he has worked)

22
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inflectional affixes: adjectives

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-er –> comparative (newer)
-est –> superlative (newest)

23
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do we add derivational or inflectional affixes first?

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derivational

ex) re + assess + ed
D + root + I

24
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compounds

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combines two free forms and contains multiple roots

25
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exocentric compounds

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does not take on either of the combined words

ex) hot dog –> has nothing to do with dog that is hot

26
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endocentric compounds

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take on the meaning of 1 of the combined words

ex) horseshoe –> shoe for horse

27
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head of compound

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element that determines the category of a compound

english head: rightmost root is head

28
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constituent

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groupings that form coherent syntactic units

29
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substitution test

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replace by word/short phrase while preserving meaning of og sentence

The bird kicked the cat.
He kicked the cat.
the bird = constituent

30
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movement test

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can be moved to beginning or end of sentence while preserving meaning of og sentence

He runs at night –> at night he runs

31
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head

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determines the category of the phrase

lexical category

32
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specifier

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functional category

33
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complement

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another phrase that complements the current one

34
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noun modifiers

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adjectives

35
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verb modifiers

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describe when/where/how verb is done

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