Roots
What are the two types of roots? Give Example
Bound
Define a "morpheme".
The smallest meaningful unit of a language.
What are the types of affixation?
Prefix, suffix, circumfix, infix
Morphology
•The study of word formation and its structure.
•Morpheme = “smallest or minimal meaningful unit of language”
Morphemes can be combined together to form words
What part of speech is the word "potential"?
Adjective
What is the root in this word "Insomnia"?
Somn
How many morphemes are in the word "productions"
4 morphemes
What are the affix(es) in the word "liberation"?
ate--> suffix (verb)
tion --> suffix (noun)
Semantics
■The study of meaning (= lexical). (Lyons, 1977)
What part of speech is the word "neglect"?
Noun/ verb
What is the function of the root?
Carry the core meaning of a word.
What is the meaning of the morpheme in the words "visible" "vision" "visual" "television"?
Watch/ see
Affixes modify or add to the meaning of the roots. What functions do affixes do?
Relational
Negation
Numerical
Derivational
Inflectional
ALLOMORPH
A different way a morpheme may show up, a differentpronunciation or form a morpheme may have
What part of speech is the word "loyalty"?
Noun
What is the root in the word "monochrome"?
chrome
What is the morpheme in the words "pathetic", "pathology", "pathos", "empathy", "sympathy"?
Path "feel"
What is an example of derivational affixes?
Vocal--> Vocalise
Phonology
•The study of sounds organization
•Investigates the mental system for representingand processing speech sounds within particular languages.
What part of speech is the word "systematically"?
Adverb
True/ False
There are English words that do not have roots.
False
Give one problem of morphemes.
ØA morpheme is NOT the same as a syllable.
ØThey may be homophonous (sound the same).
ØMultiple morphemes may be synonymous (more or less mean the same thing)
ØThe historical (etymological) meaning is not (necessarily) the same as the current meaning – semantic change
What is an example of inflectional suffixes?
Amira's
Phonetics
•The study of speech sounds, how sounds are produced and perceived.
Spelling, or orthography, does not consistently represent the sounds of language.
What part of speech is the word/s "on the contrary"?
Conjunction