Phonology/Morphology Flashcards
What is phonology?
Knowledge of fundamental sound units and legal combinations
What are phonemes?
Smallest units of meaningful sounds
What is morphology?
Knowledge of meaningful units
What are morphemes?
Smallest units of meaning (can’t be further analyzed)
What are the two types of morphemes?
Free - can stand alone
Bound - must be combined with other morphemes (e.g., -ed, -ing)
What are the two types of bound morphemes?
Inflectional - changes tense, number, or degree
Derivational - changes meaning
Parts of speech
Noun --> Pronouns (Personal, Demonstrative, Interrogative) Verb Auxiliary Verb Adjective Adverb Preposition Conjunction Article
What are the two word categories?
Open class - content words
Closed class - function words
What are the types of pronouns?
Personal - referring
Demonstrative - point out definite things (this/these)
Interrogative - used in asking question (who, what, which)
What are auxiliary verbs?
Helping verbs
What are adverbs?
Describe verbs, adjectives, adverbs
What are prepositions?
relation words (in, on, above, from, after, across)
What are conjunctions?
Join words/phrases (and, but, or, for, yet)
What are the two types of articles?
Indefinite - a/an
Definite - the
