Morphology Flashcards
are the smallest meaningful units of linguistic meaning or grammatical function
morphemes
bases are usually
free
affixes are usually
bound
affixes consist of ___ and ___
prefixes and suffixes
suffixes can be ___ or ___
derivational or inflectional
do not change part of speech, provide grammatical function
inflectional
change part of speech and/ or meaning
derivational
focuses on the sound of words and the differences among them
allomorph
homonyms consists of ___ and ___
homophones and heteronyms
words that are pronounced the same and may have the same or different spelling
homophones
words that have the same spelling but different pronunciation and meaning
heteronyms
two or more words that merge together to create one word all together, consist of free bases, can be spelled as one word, as separate, or hyphenated words
compound words
the branch of linguistics that deals with the structure of words
morphology
stem + suffix and/ or + prefix Ex: re + write + rewrite
affixation
no affix but still change in meaning and category
conversion or functional shift
words that are pronounced like words but stand for something else
acronym
using letter initials and pronouncing them as letters
alphabetism
clipping or shortening words
abbreviation
complete or partial doubling of an entire morpheme
reduplication
two words combined together
blend
words derived from proper names or places
eponyms
invented from scratch
coinage
