Pronouns, Morpheme Ordering, & Lexeme Formation

Question 1

Give examples of case

Answer 1

Subject, object, possessive

Question 2

What is the alternative to hierarchical morpheme ordering?

Answer 2

Templatic ordering
ex. using a template, which we’ve done

Question 3

What’s conversion? Give an example

Answer 3

Shifting the word class without adding affixes
(to) throw > (a) throw

Question 4

What’s backformation? Give an example

Answer 4

(re-)analysis of morphologically simplex words as complex via analogy
ex. editor > edit

Question 5

What’s clipping? give an example

Answer 5

Creation of new lexemes by shortening already existing words
ex. information > info
Not merely abbreviations like Jan for January

Question 6

What’s blending? Give an example

Answer 6

Parts of lexemes combined to form a new lexeme
ex. brunch, smog

Question 7

What’s acronyms v. initials? Give examples

Answer 7

Acronyms are pronounced as a word
ex. Radar, Sonar, Scuba
Initials are pronounced as letters
ex. ADHD, TGIF

Question 8

What’s coinage? Give an example?

Answer 8

Entirely new words created/coined
ex. Kleenex, Xerox, google, wug