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11 Cards in this Set
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What is morphology?
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-The study of the shape of words
-the reaccuring parts/shapes are morphemes |
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Morphemes
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-A minimal shape, the smallest piece that can express meaning
-can combine them together to get words |
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What is the difference between a word and a morpheme?
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Ex: Cat is a word
cat is a single morpheme cats is two different morphemes |
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What kinds of different morphemes are there?
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Free, bound
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Free morphemes or the root
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-can stand on its own
-do not have to attach to another form -Ex: cat, dog, brush -can also come in different kinds: What is the part of speech of the wrod |
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Bound morpheme (affix)
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-Can;t stand on its own,
-must be attached to another morpheme Ex: Ed, s, ing, er |
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Affixes
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Prefixes, suffixes, infixeses
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Prefixes
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go before the root
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Suffixes
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- go after the root
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infixes
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-adding something in the middle of the root/word
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How do you know what part of speech a free morpheme is?
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Where the wrod occurs
-co-occurance restriction |
