Morphological Development: Inflectional and Derivational Morphology Flashcards
What is Inflectional Morphology?
How morphemes are used to create different grammatical functions
What are the different grammatical functions created in Inflections?
Possession, tense
What is the effect of the -s inflection on verbs?
Makes it 3rd person singular, present tense
What is the effect of the -ed inflection on verbs?
Makes them past tense
What is the effect of the -ing inflection on verbs?
Makes them present continuous
What is the effect of the -en inflection on verbs?
Makes it past tense
What is the effect of the -s inflection on nouns?
Makes them plural
What is the effect of the -‘s inflection on nouns?
Makes it possessive
What is the effect of -er inflection on adjectives?
Makes it comparative
What is the effect of the -est inflection on adjectives?
Makes it a superlative
What is Derivational Morphology?
How two separate morphemes are put together to make new words in terms of meaning or word class
What is an example of Derivational Morphology?
Tooth + Paste = Toothpaste
What are the 3 common Derivational Morphology types?
Conversion Affixation Compounding
What is Conversion?
Using a word in a different word class
What is an example of conversion?
“I jammed the bread”
Why is this example conversion?
Because Jam is a noun and it’s being used as a verb
What is Affixation
Adding suffixes or prefixes to words making new words
What is an example of Affixation?
“It’s crowdy in here”
Why is this Affixation?
Bound prefix morpheme “-y” has been added
What is Compounding?
Joining existing words to create new ones
What is an example of compounding?
That’s the tractor-man
Why is this Compounding?
Because tractor-man as one word does not exist
