Word structure Flashcards
complex morphemes?
-morphologically complex words – series of
linked morphemes
-for example additionally and others
What is the flat structure?
just adding the affixes without any sense or path and it is inaccurate because there is no order
hierarchical structure
we add morphemes in a particular order
Redosljed radenja trees
- derivation
- compounds
- inflections
BRACKETING PARADOX
bracketing paradox – mismatch between the
meaning inferred from the structure (bracketing)
and the actual meaning of a complex word
-the affix doesn’t have the scope over a single base
(work, physics) but over the entire phrase (hard
work, nuclear physics)
better described as affixation of phrases nuclear
physics, transformational grammar, plastic
surgery, etc.