Morphology and Lexicology Flashcards
Free Morphemes
Stand Alone word
Bound Morphemes
Attachments to free morphemes
Infectional Morphemes
Do NOT change meaning, Provide additional information (plurity) E.g -S
Derivational Morphemes
Change meaning of words E.g Un-
Root Word
Semantic base of word
Prefix
Added Morpheme at front of word
Infix
Added Morpheme in middle of word
Suffix
Added Morpheme at end of word
Concrete Common noun
Nouns that are physically there, and can be touched, smelt, heard, tasted or seen
Abstract Common noun
Nouns that are concepts, ideas or emotions, do NOT exist physically E.g Bravery
Count noun
Can be counted and have plural form
Non-count noun
Can not be counted, do not have plural form E.g Information
Proper noun
Capitalised, name specific things
Collective noun
Name of group of something E.g Swarm
Regular plural noun
Noun made plural by adding -s or -es
Iregular Plural noun
Noun made plural by adding irregular features
Adjective
Define or modify nouns
Adverb
Define or modify Verbs (even adjectives or other adverbs)
Regular verb
Form their past tense through addition of an affix
Irregular verb
Form their past tense through typically altering word stem E.g Been
Auxiliary verb
Verbs that modify and change an aspect of main verb (such as tense, negatives, questions etc) E.g Was
Modal verb
Carry infromation to do with notations. (Can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might and must)
Determiner
Introduce noun phrases and act as modifiers
Pronoun
Short words that can replace nouns