DEFINE
The study of words and the rules governing their formation.
What is MORPHOLOGY?
This one can stand alone as a word
What is a FREE MORPHEME?
Discussing
Present participle
DANGEROUS
DANGER- root- free- lexical - noun
OUS- suffix- bound- derivational - adjective
Any form—either a root or a complex word—to which an affix is added.
What is a BASE?
This is the minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function.
What is a MORPHEME?
Attached to another form (affixes).
What is a BOUND MORPHEME
Chewed
Past tense
CHEERFUL
CHEER- root- free- lexical - verb
FUL- suffix- bound- derivational - adjective
Affixes that are inserted inside another morpheme, such as the Tagalog -in-.
What is an INFIX?
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
What are LEXICAL CATEGORIES/ LEXICAL MORPHEMES?
Used to make new words and can make a word a different grammatical category.
What is DERIVATIONAL?
Taken
Past participle
SAILING
SAIL- root- free- lexical - verb
ING- suffix- bound- inflectional- present participle
present progressive
Inuktitut and Russian are examples of this type of language.
What is AGGLUTINATING?
These are any of the versions of a morpheme, such as the plural endings s (as in bats ), z (as in bugs ), and iz (as in buses ) for the plural morpheme.
What are ALLOMORPHS?
The single core morpheme in a complex word that carries the primary lexical meaning.
What is a ROOT?
Quieter
Comparative
ANTIDISESTABLISHMENT
ANTI- prefix- bound-derivational - 'opposite of'
DIS- prefix- bound- derivational - 'opposite of'
ESTABLISH- root- free- lexical -verb
MENT- suffix- bound-derivational - noun
ceive; duce; kempt are examples of a ________
What is a CRANBERRY MORPHEME?
The graphical representations used in morphology to show the hierarchical, layered structure of complex words.
What are TREES?
Indicates the grammatical function of a word. English has 8- they are all Suffixes
/’s/ /-s/ /-s/ /-ing/
/-ed/ /-en/ /-est/ /-er/
What is INFLECTIONAL?
Boldest
Superlative
UNDESIRABLES
UN- prefix- bound- derivational - 'opposite of'
DESIRE- root- free- lexical - verb or noun
ABLE- suffix- free- derivational - 'fit for'
S- suffix- bound-inflectional - plural
Redneck is an example of this type of word.
What is an exocentric compound word?