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What does morph in morphology mean
change shape
Biological aspect of morphology
the study of shapes and forms of living organisms
The linguistic aspect of morphology
the internal structures of words and the recognition of patterns
What is the scope of morphology
Morphology = inflection and word formation- while inflection could be conjugation and declension word formation is derivational and compounding
Tell me about the internal structure of words
free/lexical morpheme plus affix (bound by morpheme)
what is inflection?
functional or grammatical changes to a word
ex: cat + s
what is declension ?
declension is when the form of a noun, pronoun, adjective, or article changes to indicate number, grammatical case, or gender.
what is compounding?
putting two word froms together
what is compounding?
putting two word forms together
ex: N+N= Ice-cream
N+Adj = Ice cold
N+Verb + Sleepwalk
What is subcategorization property/frame?
The breakdown of a word
ex: Teacher is broken down into Teach -Verb and Er- affix it also highlights the derivational change of the word from verb to noun
this breakdown is represented in text form by brackets
What is Semantics, Morphology and Syntax ?
Semantics: what the words means
Morphology: How the word changes
Syntax: How the word fits in the sentence
Compound word example?
bittersweet sundown
What is the Syntagmatic Perspective?
The liner arrangement of morpheme
free/lexical morpheme + affix
Morpheme based morphology
How would you describe the difference between paradigmatic & syntagmatic relationships?
basically its is pattern vs rules with paradigmatic sentences there are almost seamless changeable parts while with syntagmatic there are certain rules that can’t be broken Like determiners can not be switched with the noun. There is a linear sequence.
what is the paradigmatic perspective ?
meaning difference= Verb to noun direction, simplex to complex phonological syntactic, form differences word based morphology
