LINGUIST 1A03 Lecture 1: Ling Nov 27 29 Morphology.pdf
4 Feb 2015
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Next step after syllable: word lexicon (mind"s dictionary) Lexical entries: information about pronunciation, meaning, forms of words lexical categories. Minor = determiners, pronouns, adpositions morphology = system of categories + rules involved with word formation. 2 verb; noun noun: gender, case, number a note on category gender" (noun class) Modern english: traces older system in pronouns fem. , masc. , neuter he, she, it note: grammatical gender natural gender. Word for girl = neuter (m dchen) grammatical gender = noun class case: identifies grammatical role of word in s. Indirect object (object of to / for) 4 example: latin male friend" singular plural nominative accusative genitive dative ablative amicus amicum amic amic amic amic amicos amicorum amicis amicis. Adj can be marked for degrees of comparisons positive comparative superlative tall taller tallest short shorter shortest. Adv modify other word classes v, adj, adv. Often formed in english by adding -ly.
