LING 1F94 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Morphological Derivation, Bound And Unbound Morphemes, Allomorph

• School: Brock University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 1F94
• Professor: Veena Dwivedi

Document Summary

S is not a word because it cannot occur on its own. The smallest free form found in language that carries meaning. Can be simple, comprised of one morpheme (cat, sing) Can be complex, comprised of more than one morpheme (cat-s, sleep-ing, doubt-ful) Can occur in isolation, doesn"t need a fixed position. Can occur in different positions in a sentence or exist alone not in a sentence. Arbitrary and therefore does not give answers about language and is not grammatical. G rammar does not come from a writing system, it is only related but not directly linked. Affix bound morphemes that must attach to a free morpheme. Suffix attached to the end of free morphemes (-s, -ed, -able) Prefix attached to the beginning of a free morpheme (re-, un-) Infix occurs within a morpheme, typically not in english, inside the root. Stem the base to which an inflectional affix is added (modifications)