Discussion week 10

Morphology

1. What is morpheme?

2. Is a morpheme the same thing as a syllable?

Give an example to prove your opinion.

3. Find :

a. simple word

b. complex word

c. non-compound word

d. compound word

dogs, while, somehow

Free vs bound morpheme

1. Give a description of a free morpheme. Give an example.

2. Description of a bound morpheme. Give an example.

Structure

Practice

practice

Inflection

Inflection vs derivation

1. what is inflection?

2. what is derivation?

3. Name at least 5 differences between Infl. and Der.

Answers

1. Inflection - ... one form of a particular word into another form of the same word

2. derivation - ..create a new element that drifts away from the original word and into independent status as another word

Differences

Word Formation

1. What is compounding?

2. What is clipping?

3. What is blending?

Form Clipping: doctor, professor

Form Compound+Clipping:

Brad [Pitt] + Angelina [Jolie]
breakfast + lunch
breath + analyzer
camera + recorder

Answers

1. a combination of two or more ROOTS

2. shortening a word by omitting (clipping) one or more of its sounds

3.word-creation via compounding+clipping

doc, prof

Brad [Pitt] + Angelina [Jolie] = Brangelina
breakfast + lunch = brunch
breath + analyzer = breathalyzer
camera + recorder = camcorder

Morphological Dimensions

Group1: replacement

Group2: subtraction

Group3: permutation

Group4: Types of languages (section 5)

Answer

 1. the smallest unit of language that carries

information about meaning or function

2. not the same thing as a syllable.

treat = 1 morpheme and 1 syllable;

dracula = 1 morpheme and 3 syllables;

-s (PLURAL) in English = 1 morpheme and is not even 1 syllable.

3.  a. simple word - while

b. complex word - dogs

c. non-compound word while, dogs

d. compound word - somehow

Answers

1. Free morpheme -can stand as a word by itself

build, walk, ear

2. Bound morpheme: cannot

-er, -s, -ed