Week 7 - morphology Flashcards
1
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What is a morpheme?
A
the smallest meaningful constituent of words that can be identified
2
Q
What is a free morpheme?
A
bit that can occur alone such as book
3
Q
What is a Bound Morphemes?
A
bit that cannot occur alone - e.g. book
4
Q
What is a derivational morpheme?
A
they change either: the meaning or the word class
5
Q
What is an inflectional morpheme?
A
they reflect grammatical information (tense, plural)
6
Q
What is backformation?
A
having the noun editor then forming verb edit
7
Q
What is an allomorph?
A
how a morpheme manifests in different phonological and morphological environments
8
Q
What is Overregularization ?
A
applying grammar rule incorrectly - to irregular forms
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