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Morphology & Lexicology Flashcards

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Word Classes: Noun

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Things

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Word Classes: Modal Verb

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Mark for probability, possibility, obligation, or necessity

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Word Classes: Auxiliary Verb

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Shows that an action is complete, ongoing, or habitual

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Word Classes: Adjectives

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Describe nouns

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Word Classes: Adverbs

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Describes words other that nouns, often verbs or adjectives

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Word Classes: Preposition

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Express relationship in terms of time or location

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Word Classes: Pronouns

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Replace nouns or noun phrases

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Word Classes: Determiners

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Indicate definitiveness, quantity, or possession (a, the, some, my)

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Word Classes: Conjunctions (Coordinating and Subordinating)

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Joining words that connect clauses or phrases together.
Coordinating: FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
Subordinating: because, if, unless, since, when

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Free Morpheme

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Morpheme that can stand on its own

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Bound Morpheme

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Morpheme that cannot stand on its own

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Inflectional Affixes

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Do not change core meaning of the word

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Derivational Affixes

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Do change the core meaning of a word

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Word Formation processes: Blends

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Combination of two words

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Word Formation processes: Acronyms/Initialisms

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Acronym: Say in one word (NASA)
Initialism: Say each letter (FBI)

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Word Formation processes: Shortenings

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Removing parts of a word or phrase

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Word Formation processes: Compounding

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Attaching one word to another (Lighthouse)

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Word Formation processes: Contractions

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Shortening within words (cannot - can’t)

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Word Formation processes: Commonisations

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Words once proper nouns but now are common nouns (Velcro)

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Word Formation processes: Collocations

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Words that go together (quick shower rather than fast shower)

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Word Formation processes: Neologisms

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New words created (Uber, Google)

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Word Formation processes: Borrowings

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Words borrowed from other languages (Tsunami)

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Word Formation processes: Australian English suffixation

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Adding suffixes to words : Brekkie, Arvo, Tassie, Johnno

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Word classes

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Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Pronouns
Determiners
Conjunctions

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Word Formation processes

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Blends
Acronyms/initialisms
Shortenings
Compoundings
Contractions
Communisations
Collocations
Neologisms
Borrowings
Australian English suffixation

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