MORPHOLOGHY VOCAB Flashcards
AFFIX
A MORPHEME THAT IS ATTACHED TO A WORD STEM TO FORM A NEW WORD. -PRE OR -NESS.
AFFIXATION
THE PROCESS OF ADDING A MORPHEME
AGGLUTINATION LANGUAGE
COMPLEX WORDS ARE FORMED BY STRINGING TOGETHER MORPHEMES WITHOUT CHANGING THE SPELLING OR PHONETICS.
ALLOMORPH
ANY VERSION OF A MORPHEME SUCH AS PLURAL ENDINGS.
ANALYTIC LANGUAGE
A LANGUAGE THAT CONVEYS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WORDS IN SENTENCES BY WAY OF HELPER WORDS.
AMBIGUITY
THE QUALITY OF BEING OPEN TO MORE THAN ONE INTERPRETATION; INEXACTNESS.
ALTERNATION
THE REPEATED OCCURRENCE OF TWO THINGS IN TURN.
BOUND MORPHEME
A MORPHEME THAT CAN APPEAR ONLY AS PART OF A LARGER EXPRESSION.
BOUND ROOT
A ROOT WHICH CAN NOT OCCUR AS A SEPARATE WORD FROM ANY OTHER MORPHEME.
CLOSED LEXICAL CATEGORY
INCLUDES PRONOUNS, DETERMINERS, CONJUNCTIONS, AND PREPOSITIONS.
COMPOUNDING
MAKE UP A COMPOSITE WHOLE
CONJUNCTION
A WORD USED TO CONNECT CLAUSES OR SENTENCES(AND, BUT, IF)
CONTENT MORPHEME
A ROOT THAT FORMS THE SEMATIC CORE OF A MAJOR CLASS WORD.
CONTENT WORD
WORDS THAT NAME OBJECTS OF REALITY AND THEIR QUALITIES.
DERIVATION
IN GENERATIVE GRAMMAR, THE SET OF STAGES THAT LINK THE ABSTRACT UNDERLYING STRUCTURE OF AN EXPRESSION TO ITS FORM
