Week 3 Flashcards
Lexeme
A word with a distinct meaning.
inflection
A process that changes the grammatical function of a lexeme through the expression of properties such as number, gender, case and tense.
derivation
Creates new lexemes through the addition of morphemes to a base form
compounding
Creates new lexemes by bringing two or more lexemes together.
Name the three different ways to construct complex words from morphemes:
1) Inflection
2) Derivation
3) Compounding
Name two competing accounts of how we represent past tense morphology:
1) single-route
2) dual-route
Single-route approach
Argues that all past-tense forms are learned in the same way.
Dual-route approach
Argues that two systems are required to learn all past-tense forms: grammar and the lexicon.
What does it mean when we say ‘The past tense inflection is phonologically conditioned’?
The final phoneme of the root form of the word determines the past tense inflection: is it voiced or voiceless?
What group provides the best single-route accounts?
Connectionists
What is the best known dual-route account?
the Words and Rules theory
Lexical entry
The facts about each word that are stored in the mind: information about meaning, pronunciation and grammatical category.
What verbs are always regular?
Those that end with an unvoiced fricative.
OR
Overregularisation Error
How does the Words and Rules theory deal with overregularisation errors?
They propose a blocking mechanism. A signal from the lexicon surpresses the use of the rule for irregular verbs.
