Discussion Midterm

Syntax

Identify part-of-speech

S

AUX

AdvP

NP

Det

Comp

Part

XP

Syntax

What is

(NP)

(NP)*

{NP AdjP}

Phrase Structure rules

Morphology-words

Find words:

1) simple, 2) complex, 3) compound, 4) non-compound,

5) content, 6) functional

cat, the, cat-walk, I, cats

morphology - types

Find: 1) Root, Affix, Prefix, Suffix

-able, un-, cat

replacement

reordering

2) free, bound, lexical,  grammatical

dental

formation

3) inflexional, derivational

unfaithful

talked

True-false

1.In English, derivational morphemes occur before inflectional morphemes.
2. In English, derivational suffixes regularly occur before inflectional suffixes.
3. In English, a few inflectional morphemes can occur as prefixes.

4. Every root in English is a free morpheme (Hint: consider receive, deceive, conceive, perceive).

5. In English, some morphemes have both a free and a bound allomorph. (Hint: consider able, ability; France, Franco-)

True-false

1. Inflection creates another word

2.Inflection never changes the lexical category

3. Inflection is often unproductive and always optional

4.Derivation often involves a major change in the meaning of a word

5. Inflection follows derivation

6. Inflection involves more than one affix per word — in English

7. Inflection always involves a suffix — in English

8. Derivation typically involves a small, closed set of affixes.

Morphological processes

List 4 processes and provide an example

Phonology

phonetics

phonemics

phonotactics

distribution of sounds, concrete sounds, abstract sounds

Phonology

phonetics deals with

1) sounds and their production in the tract

2) sounds as sound-waives

3) sounds through hearing and ears

acoustic, auditory, articulatory

consonants

1) p t k

2) f, v

3) m,n

4) l

5) w

nasals, lateral, stops, fricatives, liquid, glide

Vowels

1) i, u

2) a

3) o, u

4) i, e , o, u, a

tense, close, open, rounded

5) find opposite lax vowels for (4)

Manner of articulation

List 5 different manners

Tract

Title