Definitions
Another word for your mental lexicon.
What is a Dictionary?
A single morpheme that constitutes a word. E.g boy, man, the, on.
Free Morpheme
Riddle time!
What is made of water but if you put it into water it will die?
An ice cube
what type of word is UNICEF
An Acronym
Words that do not have clear lexical meaning or obvious concepts associated with them, including conjunctions, prepositions, articles and pronouns.
Function Words
Morpheme that must be attached to other morphemes e.g –ly, -ed, non-.
Bound Morpheme
Riddle time!
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
What is it? .
a coffin
This is the invention of a totally new word.
Coinage
The study of the structure of words and word formation in a language. It includes processes such as inflection, derivation and compounding.
Morphology
Occur at the beginning of a morpheme, e.g. un-, pre-, bi-
Prefix
Riddles
You can drop me from the tallest building and I'll be fine, but if you drop me in water I die. What am I?
paper
Brainwash, facebook, and seasick are examples of this type of word formation process
Compounding
Free Points!
This is just a gift....... free points!
An affix that is attached to the end of a morpheme, e.g. –ing, -er, -ly.
Suffix
Every ___________ has specific rules of word formation.
language
Brain Teaser
There are three houses. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right to the house in the middle, where is the white house?
In Washinton D.C
This process is when a word changes to another function experimenting changes in its form.
Backformation
nouns, verbs adjectives and adverbs, they denote concepts such as objects, actions, attributes and ideas that we can think about like children, anarchism, soar, and purple.
Content Words
morphemes that are attached to another morpheme both initially and finally. ex: en- & -en = enlighten
Circumfixes
The amount of words that are in this utterance "Thecatranafterthelazydog"
Seven
Brain Teaser
What are the next three letters in the following sequence?J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __
S, O, N
When you put breakfast and lunch together, you get.
Brunch