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Morphology & Lexicology Flashcards

1
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What is a free morpheme?

A

can stand alone

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What is a bound morpheme?

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can’t stand alone

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What is a derivational morpheme?

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  1. word class
  2. change meaning
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4
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Are prefixes always derivational or inflectional?

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derivational - change meaning

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What is an inflectional morpheme?

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  1. change grammar
    e.g. tense, aspect, number, person, comparative, superlative, possessive
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6
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What is an affix?

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a bound morpheme that can be added (affixed) to a base word

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What are the three types of affix?

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  1. suffix
  2. prefix
  3. infix
    (circumfix)
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What is a suffix?

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a morpheme added to the end of a base word

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What is a prefix?

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a morpheme added to the front of a base word

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What is an infix?

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a morpheme added in the middle of a base word e.g. abso-BLOODY-lutely

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11
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What is meant by “number”?

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Singular - one
Plural - two or more

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12
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How is plural most commonly marked in English? What other plural markers are there?

A
  1. -s (-es)
  2. also -en, -i, -ae
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What is meant by “person”?

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  1. first person
  2. second person
  3. third person
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14
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What is “first person”? Provide examples

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directly involves/includes the speaker
e.g. I, we, us, our, me, my

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What is “second person”? Provide examples

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directly involves/addresses the receiver
e.g. you, your

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What is “third person”?
Provide examples

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refers to some other not-present entity
e.g. they, he, she, it, them

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17
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What is meant by “comparative”? Which morpheme marks this?

A

directly compares two or more things
-er
(more)

18
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What is meant by “superlative”? Which morpheme marks this?

A

the superlative is the best of a group of things
-est
(most)

19
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What is meant by “possession”? Which morpheme marks this?

A

shows belonging/ownership
-‘s

20
Q

When is person marked in English?

A

third person singular subject
e.g. he walkS

21
Q

What is a morpheme?

A

smallest meaningful unit in a word

22
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What is morphology concerned with?

A

parts of words

23
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What is lexicology concerned with?

A

whole words

24
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Morphological word formation processes

A

affixation
abbreviation
shortening
compounding
blending
backformation
conversion
initialism
acronym
contraction

25
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Lexical word formation processes

A

neologism
borrowing
commonisation
nominalisation

26
Q

What other name are hypocoristic suffixes known by?

A

diminutive endings

27
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What other name are diminutive endings known by?

A

hypocoristic suffixation

28
Q

What are the hypocoristic suffixes?

A

-i
-ie
-y
-o
-a

29
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Affixation

A

attaching an affix to create a new word

30
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shortening

A

creating a new word by shortening an older one
e.g. gym from gymnasium
e.g. rizz from charisma

31
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compounding

A

joining two whole free morphemes together to create a new word
e.g. holy + day = holiday

32
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blending

A

joining parts of two free morphemes together to create a new word
(can be one whole + one part OR two parts)
e.g. chill + relax = chillax

33
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backformation

A

removing an assumed affix to create a new word
e.g. burgle from burglar

34
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conversion

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creating a new word by using it as a new word class
e.g. google n > v

35
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initialism

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creating a new word by taking the initials of a phrase
you must pronounce each initial
e.g. PTO / FML

36
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acronym

A

creating a new word by taking the initials of a phrase
you pronounce it as a single word
e.g. FOMO

37
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contraction

A

creating a word by joining two words together with an apostrophe to show the missing letter
e.g. do + not = don’t

38
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neologism

A

creating an entirely new word

39
Q

borrowing

A

adopting a word from another language into English

40
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commonisation

A

using a brand name as a common term to refer to an item
e.g. google > search engine
e.g. biro > pen
e.g. kleenex > tissue

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