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15 Cards in this Set
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What is a morpheme?
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greek "morphe" = to form
French "eme" = linguistic unit A morpheme is an elemental unit of grammatical form. |
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What is a free morpheme?
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A free morpheme can stand alone as a word. They can be nouns, verbs, adjectives: glory, deny, flannel.
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What are bound morphemes?
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A bound morpheme is not an independent word. It may be an affix or a bound root.
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What are the types of affixes?
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prefixes
suffixes circumfixes infixes |
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List examples of common prefixes.
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dis-
trans- un- pre- bi- |
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List examples of common suffixes.
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-ish
-ness -ly -ify -er |
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What is are inflectional morphemes?
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A closed set of 9 morphemes that nuance meaning:
noun inflections (s,'s,es), verb inflections (s,ed,en,ing), adj/ adv inflections (er,est) |
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What is a function word?
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Function words are a closed set of free morphemes that serve a grammatical function: it, on, not, some, a, which, would, and.
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What are allomorphes?
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Allomorphes are different phonetic forms or variations of a morpheme. Example: the morphemes of plurality in dogs, cats, and horses.
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What are derivational morphemes?
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This type of morpheme changes the meaning of the word or the part of speech or both. Examples: uninvited, respiration, celebrity,
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What is a bound root?
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A bound root is not a word itself: the bound root of ambidexterous is "dexter", of nonchalant is "chalant", unkempt is "kempt".
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What is a homonym?
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Homonyms or homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings.
mind/mined, bow/beau, fir/fur bear/bear, rose/rose/rows |
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List some acronyms.
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M.A.D.D.
TGIF NASA FYI |
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What is a heteronym?
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Heteronyms are words that are spelled identically but have different meanings when pronounced differently. For example:lead, pronounced LEED, means to guide. However, lead, pronounced LED, means a metallic element.
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What is a synonym?
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Synonyms are words that mean the same thing (may have nuances of difference).
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