LIN 101 Lecture 4: LIN 101 Lecture 4
23 Feb 2019
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The sequence of letters between two blanks. The smallest separate piece of a language that all by itself will have a meaning. What about plurals? (ex class vs classes) Smallest free forms found in a language which do not have to happen in a fixed position. What about plurals? (classes is a word, but es isn"t) There are also pieces of words (prefixes/suffixes) A word can contain more than one unit of meaning. Morphemes are the smallest units of meaning. Rider ride + er 2 morphemes. Every language has morphemes and rules for combining morphemes. Free morpheme - can stand on its own as a word (cold, silver) Bound morpheme - cannot stand on its own as a word (-er, -ing, un-) Suffix - bound morpheme ( affix ) that attaches to right of a free morpheme (-er, -ing) Prefix - bound morpheme ( affix ) that attaches to left of free morpheme (re-take, ex- wife)
