morphology

Question 1

what is affixation?

Answer 1

the attachment of a morpheme to a lexime to create a new form of a word or to create a new word

Question 2

what are derivational affixes and give some examples

Answer 2

-morphemes that allow the creation of a new word
-“multi”,”ism”,”ology”…

Question 3

what are inflectional affixes?

Answer 3

morphemes that allow the creation of a new form of a word

Question 4

what are the 8 inflectional affixes?

Answer 4

-S:plural, third person singular and possession marker
-ED:past tense marker
-EN:past participle
-“ING”:continuous marker
-“ER”:comparative suffix
-“EST”:superlative suffix

Question 5

what is compounding and example?

Answer 5

-lexime+ lexime
-“wallpaper”

Question 6

what is conversion?

Answer 6

-same morphology and a different function
-“pen”(n)—>”pen”(v)

Question 7

what is blending?

Answer 7

-parts of leximes merged together
-“breakfast and lunch”—>”brunch”

Question 8

what is abbriviation?

Answer 8

-removing the start or the end of a word
-“university”~>”uni”

Question 9

what is backformation?

Answer 9

-shortening version of a function shift
-“editor”~>”edit”

Question 10

what is initialism?

Answer 10

-replacing full words with their initials
-“BBC”

Question 11

what is an acronym?

Answer 11

-initials pronounced as a word
-“NASA”