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Morphology?
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Study of words and the small units that make them up which are MORPHEMES
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Morphemes?
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Smallest unit of sound/sign associated with distinct meaning.
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Lexicography
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The art of the dictionary
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Whats a free morpheme
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Can stand on its own
cat - friend |
Whats a bound morpheme
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Has to attach
un, ly |
What is a derivational mpheme + GIVE EX
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Derives new words by changing the meaning of the category
ie -- friend -LY UN - kind |
Whatis an inflectional mpheme + Ex
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Adds meaning to specify
listen+ED |
What are prefixes and suffixes
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Prefix comes BEFORE other mphemes
suffix AFTER |
What are INFIXES
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Morphemes inserted into others
sulat = write sumulate = to write (SW ASIA AND NATIVE AMER LANG) |
What comes closer to free mhpemes? DERIV or INF
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Derivational.
-- meaning of a word DEPENDS on how mphemes attach |
How do frames represent morphemes
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N(father)N -- free mpheme
ADJ(in)ADJ -- adds to ADJ for new AJD(NESS)N - attaches to adj to form noun |
Circumfixes/discontinuous mphemes
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Mphemes attached to base mpheme
CHOKMA - hes good IKCHOKMO he isnt good |
What is the root of a word
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The part that cant be analyzed any smaller
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Stem of a word
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ROOT + AFFIX
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Base of a word
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ROOT/STEM to which affix attaches
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