Morphology: Notion of Word Flashcards
1
Q
morphology
A
structure of words
2
Q
orthographic definition of word
A
anything between blanks, or punctuation, marks
3
Q
prosodic definition of word
A
words usually carry one main stress and have a specific stress pattern
intergrity criterion: usually, nothing can be inserted into a word
4
Q
syntactic definition of word
A
smallest free form (syntactic atoms)
belong to a syntactic speech
5
Q
Why does the orthographic definition not work?
A
apostrophes
compounds
idiomatic expressions
spoken language, words are often not separated at all
