Morphology Flashcards
Morphology
Concerned with the rules and structure of word and their formation
Derivational morphemes
(bound) serves a lexical function indicates word class changes Meaning changes not required by rules of grammar precedes inflectional morphemes may be productive
Inflectional morphemes
grammatical function no word class change small/no meaning change required by rules of grammar productive
Productive morphemes
transparent, non-transparent
Transparent productive morphemes
meaning is predictable; unaware, unhappy
Non-transparent productive morphemes
meaning isn’t predictable; unearth, unnerve
Top down effects on prelexical speech
Lexical bias - hear ambiguous phonemes as most common/likely phoneme
Mispronounciation detection - detect more errors in word initial vs final position
Phonemic restoration - lexical knowledge fills gaps in perception
Top down effects of perceiving print
Word superiority effect - better recognition of letters within words vs isolated