Morphology

Question 1

Morphology

Answer 1

study of words and word structure

Question 2

Word

Answer 2

ambiguous concept understood as the basic and smallest linguistic unit that consists of even smaller elements

Question 3

Morphemes

Answer 3

smallest units of meaning in a language

Question 4

Free morpheme

Answer 4

can stand on it’s own, usually a word fe. a dog

Question 5

Bound morpheme

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has to be attached to another form to form a meaning fe. s, re

Question 6

TRUE or FALSE: Morphemes can only consist of two or more sounds.

Answer 6

False. Morphemes can consist of two or more sounds fe. crocodile, but they can also consist of one sound fe. “a” as in a-moral

Question 7

TRUE or FALSE: There’s no direct relation between sounds, syllables, letters and morphemes.

Answer 7

True.

Question 8

Derivational affixes

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carry lexical meaning, can change meaning/word class or create a new word fe. drive (verb) -> driver (noun)

Question 9

Prefixes

Answer 9

attached at the begging

Question 10

Suffixes

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attached at the end

Question 11

Inflectional affixes

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carry grammatical function, form grammatical forms of words fe. works , worked

Question 12

Zero morpheme

Answer 12

function without a form fe. a cook/to cook

Question 13

Empty morpheme

Answer 13

structure/form with no meaning fe. cran-berry

Question 14

Cranberry morpheme

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gains meaning by combining with other morphemes fe. per-mit

Question 15

Morpheme

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the smallest unit of language that has its own meaning, either a word or a part of a word; an abstract enitity

Question 16

Morph

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used to refer to a concrete entity; unit of form in a morphemic analysis; a physical form representing some morpheme in a language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds.

Question 17

Allomorphs

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one of several phonetic realization of a morpheme; morphs that have the same function but different forms

Question 18

Allomorphy

Answer 18

phenomenon of alliterations of morpheme

Question 19

Word formation process

Answer 19

change in meaning/part of speech with or without changes in the morphological structure

Question 20

What are the 4 reasons for the word formation process?

Answer 20

1. production of new words
2. information about word structure
3. meaning of new words
4. analysis of words

Question 21

TRUE or FALSE: Affixation is not a word-formation process.

Answer 21

FALSE. It is and includes prefixation, infixation, and suffixation.

Question 22

Compounding

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joining words together

Question 23

Backformation

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a part of the word is removed from the back, changes part of speech

Question 24

Conversion

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word changes the word class without a formal change to the said word fe. to battle/a battle

Question 25

Clipping

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removing the front, end or both from the word fe. advertisement - ad

Question 26

Acronomy

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using the first letters from a word sequence to create a new word fe. NASA

Question 27

What are the 6 different types of affixation?

Answer 27

prefixes, suffixes, infixes, interfixes, transfixes, circumfixes

Question 28

Infixes

Answer 28

morph inserted into the base

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Interfixes

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morph without a meaning inserted between two morphs fe. speed-o-meter

Question 30

Transfixes

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a morpheme appearing throughout the base fe.”ktb” yaktubu, kataba

Question 31

Ciricumfixes

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affixes composed of two elements (front and back) fe. in-correct-ly

Question 32

Productivity

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a degree to which a process can be used from the synchronic perspective, some affixes are productive because they can be used on different words without restrictions fe. -er, -y

Question 33

Blocking

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occurs when an existing word blocks another one from being created fe. true+ness is incorrect because truth exists