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MORPHOLOGY
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In this mind map you will find what morphology is and its object of study, which will allow you to understand a very important part of linguistics
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MORPHOLOGY
Mental system involved in the word formation
First main part
Derivation: Builds new words by adding morphemes to roots by affixation
Prefixes: Go before the root
eg. English prepositions and adverbials
Suffixes: Go after the root
Suffixes forming nouns
Suffixes forming verbs
Suffixes forming adjectives
Infixes: Segmental strings that go in somewhere in the middle of the root
Circumfixes: Consists of a prefix and a suffix that apply to the root simultaneously
Compounding: The process of putting two words together to build a new one
Compound verbs
Compound adverbs
Compound adjectives
Compound nouns
Exocentric compounds
Endocentric compounds
Appositival compounds
Copulative compounds
Conversion: Derivational process whereby an item changes its word class without adding any affix
Unpredictable formations
Clipping : Means cutting off the beginning or end of a word
Blending: It's the fusion of two words in one
Acronyms: Words derived from the initials of serveral words
Initialism: Pronounced as a sequece of letters
Borrowing: Process of borrowing words from foreign languages
Calque: Process of translating literaly the roots of a borrowed word, then, put them together to form a new one
Neologism/ Coinage: Process of inventing entirely new words
Onomatopoeia: Words which name is associated to their sound
Studies the internal structure of words
Word: The smallest independent unit of language
Morpheme: The smallest linguistic piece with a grammatical function
Free morphemes
Bound morphemes
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