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14 Cards in this Set
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closed class
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-small, finite set of words of each type
-new words are rarely added -we already know what we know about these set of words -prepositions, determiners, pronouns, conjunctions, |
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Open class
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-Very large set of words of each type
-new words can freely be added -nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs |
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Compounding
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-words created by combining two older words
-but the words are complete -ex: Dog house, rocket scientist |
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blending
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-Blends two older words together,
-Motel, smog, frenemy |
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Borrowing
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-We can borrow words or morphemes from other languages
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Backformation
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-working backwards to get new words
-pronunciate, typewrite |
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Conversion
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-can change the part of speech
-gives a new meaning to a word -but doesn't change spelling even though it changes part of speech. |
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Clipping
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-shortens existing words
-fax, clip, bike |
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Creating acronyms
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Unicef, Wifi- pronounced as words
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Initialism
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-CU, FBI, read as individual letters
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Semantic shift
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-we can use existing words with new meanings
-the meanings don't have to be related |
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creating words with Affixes
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-Each words contains at least one root morpheme, which expresses the fundamental meaning of the word
-Affixes can be attached to the root -affixes have systematic effects on the meaning and structure of words |
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Derivational morphology
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Can change the part of speech of a root, or change something important about the meaning
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Inflectional
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-Have meaning but don't change the meaning of the whole word in a deep way
-can mark information on nouns, number case, possession, gender -can inflect verbs: tense, person, number aspect, mood |
