LING 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Participle, Adverb, Genitive Case
9 Feb 2020
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Chapter 3 reading notes: inflectional and derivational affixes. Inflectional markers: do not change the pos of the word. Mark a possessive relationship between two nouns by adding s: jack"s pencil. Third person singular added to verbs in the present tense. Ing added to infinitive verbs to make them past tense. D or -ed: some verbs have irregular past tense forms. Marker usually formed by adding -d or -ed: test: i have _______, some are irregular but look different than past tense forms. Superlative marker: stronger, faster, smarter add -est, strongest, fastest, smartest. Derivational affixes: change the pos of the word or change the meaning of the word.
