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Morphology
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word formation process
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morphology
language as a system
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Morphology
Branch of linguistics
Investigates
Words
Internal structure
Through the study of
Morphemes
The smallest linguistic pieces with a grammatical function
morph
the phonological realization of a morpheme
Stem
base morpheme to wich another piece is attached
simple or root
the core of the word
only morphological simple units
complex
How they are formed
Word Formation Process
Unpredictable, Blending and Acronyms
"oddities"
Clipping
cutting off the beggining, end or both
lab
prof
dorm
Blending
fusion of 2 words
gasohol = gasoline + alcohol
Acronyms
derived from the initials of several wors
UFO
SALT
Affixation, compounding, conversion
Affixation
Prefixes
Before a base
Suffixes
After a base
Forming nouns
dom - kingdom
tion - categorization
ncy - excellency
Forming verbs
ify, ize - purify, colonize
en - shortne, widen.
Forming adjectives
nal - educational
able, less - tireless, believable
sh - greenish
Infixes
Do not occur
strings that attaches in the middle
Circumfixes
2 parts
attaches to the fornt
attaches to the back
Compounding
verbs
formed by back formation
Noun + verb - sky-dive
verb + verb - freezy-dry
adjective + verb = soft-land
particle + verb = over-look
adjective + noun = bad-mouth
noun + noun = breath-test
adjectives
noun + adjective = space-born
verb + adjective = fail-safe
verb + noun = turn-key
adjective + adjective= bitter-sweet
nouns
exocentric
the compound is not a hyponiym of the grammatical head
endocentric
the compound is a hyponym of the grammatical head
appositival
the compound is a hyponym of both
copulative
the 2 elements separate entities combined to refer to one
not very common
Conversion
the item changes its word class without the addition of an affiix
dirty - to dirty
Others
Borrowing
Borrowed words form another language
Chocolate
Inflexion
Modified words to make grmmatical subclasses
work - worked
does not change the grammatical category
Coinage
Invented words
aspirin, kleenex
Derivation
To change fron one category to another (verbs to nouns)
addition of an affix
happiness
Approaches
Analytic
breaking words down
uses
to know the meaning of read or heard new complex words
Principles
same form = same meaning
two forms are instances of the same morpheme
allomorphs
seats , shades, fish
not all morphemes are segmental
"ablaut": vowel alternation
a morpheme may have zero as one of its allomorphs provided it has a non zero allomorph
fish - frogs
Synthetic
theory construction
uses
to create new forms from pre-existing pieces
The mental system involved in word formation or to the branch of linguistics that deals with words, the internal structure and how they are formed
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