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23 Cards in this Set
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lexicon
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mental listing of words
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coinage
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creating a word from scratch - extremely rare (ie. Kleenex, pooch)
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acronyms
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stringing together the first letter/sound of a descriptive phrase - rare (ie. radar, scuba)
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blending
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combing parts of two words - not very common (ie. smog, brunch)
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clipping
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shortening a word by removing a part - happens to frequently used words (ie. fridge, dorm, exam)
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borrowing
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adopting a word from another language - common (ie. kindergarten, cliché)
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morpheme
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smallest unit of meaning
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bound morpheme
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a morpheme that cannot occur on its own (ie. re-, -er, un-, -ing, -s)
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free morpheme
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morphemes that can occur alone (ie. marry, run, cow, happy, smart)
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affix
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unit attached to a root or stem to form new meaning
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prefix
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affix before the stem (ie. re-, dis-)
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suffix
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affix after the stem (ie. -er, -ing)
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infixes
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affix inside of the stem (ie. fan-f*cking-tastic)
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circumfixes
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affix that goes around the stem (ie. en-light-en, em-big-gen)
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reduplication
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double the word or part of a word to mean something new
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derivational affix
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when added to a word make or derive a new meaning
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inflectional affix
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indicate grammatical roles (ie. -s, -ed, -ing)
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content morphemes
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morphemes that have some kind of identifiable meaning (ie. house, crocodile, water)
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function morphemes
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provide information about grammatical function (ie. in, of, the, I, she, you, am, is, are)
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affixation
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making a new word by adding affixes (ie. unhappiness)
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root compounds
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words formed by the combination of two (or more) roots (ie. psychopath, pryophile)
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word compounds
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words formed by the combination of two independent words (ie. colorblind, easy-going, school teacher)
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blends or portmanteau words
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word are "blended" together to form new words (ie. motor hotel: motel, breakfast lunch: brunch)
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