Morphology 2 Flashcards
What is a noun and what do they inflect
A person, place, or thing
Inflect for number
What is a verb and what do they inflect
Describes an action or state
Also inflects for tense
What is an adjective
A describing word to specify properties and qualities
What are the forms of an adjective (5)
Superlative (-est)
Comparative (-er)
Demonstrative
Attributive
Predicative
What do adjectives inflect for
Inflect for case, number, and gender (ie in French)
What are adverbs
Show how, when and where
What are the 4 types of adverbs
Degree, manner, time, and frequency
What do auxiliary verbs inflect for
Inflect for tense, and convey info about the mood, tense and aspect
List some modal auxiliaries
Should, would, could, will, may, can, must
Name the auxiliary verbs
Do, be, and have
What are adpositions
Invariable words that that lie before or after the noun they link to.
They express spatial and temporal relations
What does it mean for a language to be polysynthetic?
They highly rely on bound morphemes
What does it mean for a language to be fusional (high levels of fusion?)
The language relys highly on fused morphemes
