Week 7: Morphology Flashcards
1
Q
Bound Morphemes
A
affix (prefix or suffix)
2
Q
Affixes
A
inflectional or derivational
3
Q
Inflectional Affixes
A
plural s; possessive s; s, ed, and ing and en, for verb tense; er, est for adjective comparison
4
Q
Derivational Affixes
A
changes meaning, may change part of speech, can be prefixes or suffixes
5
Q
Derivational Affix Examples
A
RE- again; PRE - before
6
Q
Derivational Suffixes
A
ION- noun, LY - adjective
7
Q
Content word
A
noun, verb, adjective, adverb
8
Q
Function words
A
everything else
9
Q
How new words are created
A
Coining, compounds, Clipping, Acronyms, Blending, Backformation, Borrowing
10
Q
Free Morhpeme
A
TREE
11
Q
Bound Morpheme
A
s for plural
12
Q
Compound
A
2 free morphemes
13
Q
Compound-complex
A
2 free morphemes with a bound morpheme