MORPHOLOGY

MORPHOLOGY

Words with predictable meaning
1. Have meaning that can be predictable
  1. ONOMATOPEIC WORDS
    1. Sounds seem to reflect their meaning
      1. Bow wow: Guau guau / Cood a doodle doo: Kikiriki
    2. Depends on the language and the culture
      1. Sounds are perceived in a different ways
Non-words with unpredictable meaning
1. A basic building block of a syntax
  1. Native speakers understand the meaning of some words without the need of translating word by word
2. IDIOMS
  1. It is a group of words
    1. Verb
      1. Kicked the bucked (died)
    2. Noun
      1. Dark House
    3. Expresion
      1. Rain Cats and dogs ( raining a lot)
    4. Phrases
      1. White wine White coffe White noise
    5. Proverbs
      1. It is a traditional saying
        It is not use crying over spilt milk
It is a minimal unit of meaning
1. BOUND MORPHEMES
  1. Morphemes cannot be used by themselves
    1. AFFIXES
      1. 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
    2. BOUND ROOTS
      1. Roots that cannot be used by themselves
        Ceive
        Receive Deceive
2. FREE MORPHEMES
  1. Morphemes that can be used by themselves
    1. OPEN CLASS CONTENT WORDS
      1. Clear lexical meaning
        Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs
        Girl Fish Tree Love
    2. CLOSED CLASS FUNTION WORDS
      1. Do not have clear lexical meaning
        Conjunctions Articles Prepositions Pronouns
        The For It
ROOTS AND LEXICAL CATEGORIES
1. COMPLEX WORDS
  1. Consist of a root morpheme and one or more affices
2. ROOTS
  1. Constitutes the core of the word and carries the major component of its meaning
SIMPLE AND COMPLEX WORDS
1. SIMPLE WORD
  1. Contain only a single morpheme
    1. Green Key
2. COMPLEX WORDS
  1. Contain one or more morphemes
    1. Greenhouse Keyboard
COMBINIG FORMS
1. Are similar to prefixes
  1. Chameleon prefixes
    1. Is intrinsic to the word
      1. Com - COMprise con - CONnote

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