Lexicon
what is the lexicon
mental dictionary
FOMO (from fear of missing out)
acronym
what is a morpheme
smallest unit of meaning/function in a word
what is a productive morpheme?
can be attached to new used
Here's some words from Michoacan Aztec:
nokali: my house
nokalimes: my houses
mokali: your house
ikali: his house
nopelo: my dog
How would you say "his dogs"?
ipelomes
name ways to access the lexicon
rhyming
similar sounds
synonyms/antonyms
memories
spelling
similar objects
I sent you a DM --> I DM'ed you
conversion
find all the morphemes in the word: pigeon
pigeon
is the affix on this word productive: teacher
yes
define morphology
study of how words change and are formed
Provide and example of 2 blends we have not used in class yet
answers will vary
Find the root: thickeners
What is a word, besides wug, that you can use to test productivity?
blork, google
3 requirements for something to be a word
1. pronounceable
2. has meaning and/or function
3. able to combine with other words to form sentences/phrases
escalate from the word escalator
back-formation
list all the morphemes in "thickeners"
thick, en, er, s
What would the word: wugish mean?
something that is kind of like a wug
What does function mean?
has a grammatical purpose.
Define back-formation
a word formed when false/fake morphemes are removed
list all the morphemes, label what type, and what part of speech the root and final word are: rarity.
rare: root, adj.
-ity: suffix
rarity: noun
Here's an unproductive morpheme: -ure. Can you think of any words that use this morpheme?
closure, failure, procedure, ect.