Morphology Flashcards
What is morphology?
Morphology is the part of the grammar that is concerned
with words and word formation.
What is a word?
A word is the smallest free form found in language.
What is a free form?
A free form is an element that doesn’t have to occur in a fixed
position and it can appear in isolation in many cases.
What are morphemes?
Morphemes are the smallest unit of language that carries information about meaning or function.
What is the difference between simple and complex words?
Simple words consist of a single morpheme, while Complex words contain two or more morphemes.
A free morpheme is…
A morpheme that can be a word by itself
A bound morpheme is…
A morpheme that must be
attached to another element.
Allomorphs are?
The variant pronunciations of a morpheme
What are root morphemes?
The root
constitutes the core of the word and carries the primary part of its meaning. Roots
typically belong to a lexical category, such as noun (N), verb (V), adjective (A), or
preposition (P).
What is a base?
A base is the form to which an affix is added
What is a prefix?
An affix that is attached to the front of its base is called a prefix.
What is a suffix
An an affix that is
attached to the end of its base is termed a suffix.
What is an infix?
A type of affix that occurs within
another morpheme.
