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Luz Aurora Gonzalez Trujillo
Created on December 4, 2020
Anatomy of a Morphologist
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Head:Lexeme- an item that functions as a single meaning unit.
The anatomy of a Morfologist
Left leg: derivational morpheme - words added to change the function of a word given in a sentence
Right leg: inflectional morpheme- modify words to indicate grammatical properties such as plurals.
non cattenative opperations - phonological alterations
concatenative opperations-combination of morphemes
suffix- an affix added at the end of a word
prefix: an affix added at the beginning of a word
morph
clitic- an unstressed word that normally occurs only in a combination with another word. I am = I'm.
left hand: bound morpheme
right hand: free morpheme- a morpheme that can stand on its own meaning.
stomach: affixation- adding an eelement to a word and changing its meaning.
Heart: Root- the basic form to which other morphemes are atttached
Brain: Morpheme- the smallest meaningful unit in a language
References
Thornbury, S.(2017) About language: Tasks for teachers of English. Second edition. Cambridge University Press. pp.70-71.
Brinton, L. J. (eds.) (2000). Chapter 4: The Internal Structure of Words and Processes of Word Formation in English. In: The structure of modern English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub., pp. 73-78