MORPHOLOGY

MORPHOLOGY

1. Words with predictable meaning

   • Have meaning that can be predictable
     • ONOMATOPEIC WORDS
       • Sounds seem to reflect their meaning
         • Bow wow: Guau guau / Cood a doodle doo: Kikiriki
       • Depends on the language and the culture
         • Sounds are perceived in a different ways

2. Non-words with unpredictable meaning

   • A basic building block of a syntax
     • Native speakers understand the meaning of some words without the need of translating word by word
   • IDIOMS
     • It is a group of words
       • Verb
         • Kicked the bucked (died)
       • Noun
         • Dark House
       • Expresion
         • Rain Cats and dogs ( raining a lot)
       • Phrases
         • White wine White coffe White noise
       • Proverbs
         • It is a traditional saying
           • It is not use crying over spilt milk

3. It is a minimal unit of meaning

   • BOUND MORPHEMES
     • Morphemes cannot be used by themselves
       • AFFIXES
         • Morphemes that can be added to the front, middle or end of the word
           • DERIVATIONAL MORPHEMES
             • They build new words
               • PREFIXES
                 • Go to the begining of the word
                   • Pre Re Dis
               • SUFFIXES
                 • Go to the end of the word
                   • An Al Ize Ly
               • INFIXES
                 • Go in the middle of the word
                   • "S"
                     • cupSful spoonSful
               • CIRCUNFIXES
                 • Go to the begining or the end of a word
                   • KEadilAN
               • SIMULFIX
                 • Replaces one or more phonemes in the root
                   • Man: Men Tooth: Teeth Eat: Ate
               • SUPRAFIX
                 • Overlap on one or more syllables in the root
                   • Stress in the word
                     • Produce - Pro'duce
           • INFLECTIONAL MORPHEMES
             • They build new forms of a word
               • Dog +s
               • work+ed
       • BOUND ROOTS
         • Roots that cannot be used by themselves
           • Ceive
             • Receive Deceive
   • FREE MORPHEMES
     • Morphemes that can be used by themselves
       • OPEN CLASS CONTENT WORDS
         • Clear lexical meaning
           • Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs
             • Girl Fish Tree Love
       • CLOSED CLASS FUNTION WORDS
         • Do not have clear lexical meaning
           • Conjunctions Articles Prepositions Pronouns
             • The For It

4. ROOTS AND LEXICAL CATEGORIES

   • COMPLEX WORDS
     • Consist of a root morpheme and one or more affices
   • ROOTS
     • Constitutes the core of the word and carries the major component of its meaning

5. SIMPLE AND COMPLEX WORDS

   • SIMPLE WORD
     • Contain only a single morpheme
       • Green Key
   • COMPLEX WORDS
     • Contain one or more morphemes
       • Greenhouse Keyboard

6. COMBINIG FORMS

   • Are similar to prefixes
     • Chameleon prefixes
       • Is intrinsic to the word
         • Com - COMprise con - CONnote