Morphology Flashcards
morphology
analysis of word structure
lexicon
a speakers mental dictionary
free forms
elements
appear in isolation
bound forms
fixed
dont appear in isolation
word
simplest free form found in language
simple or complex
morpheme
smallest unit of meaning
allomorphs
different forms of morpheme
root
core of word
carries most meaning
base
form to which affix is added
core
affixes
bound morphemes
prefix
infix
suffix
stem
inflectional affix is added to base
specific type
inflectional affixes
don’t change lexical category
noun
person place or thing
verb
action or state
adjective
describing nouns
preposition
relation in space or time
derivational affixes
changes lexical category of base
all prefixes
class 1 derivation
changes in consonant or vowel in base (changes word in some way)
more complex
class 2 derivation
no change
compounding
lexical category by right most component
stress on first member
endocentric compounds
subtype of head
exocentric compounds
do not represent subtype of the head
inflection
modification of word forms to indicate grammatical info
8 regular inflectional forms
plural -s
possessive ‘s
3rd personal sing
progressive -ing
past tense -ed
past participle -en
comparative -er
superlative -est
