LINGUIST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bound And Unbound Morphemes, Affix, Allomorph
5 Apr 2018
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Word: a link between a form and meaning. Words are free they can appear in isolation single words can be a sufficient meaning: they are free can appear anywhere in a sentence inseparable: carrots cant do car-s-ot. Morpheme: smallest unit of meaning cats = 2 morphemes: cat + multiple cooked = cooking + past tense. A book versus an apple ed: bound morpheme. Ed @ end of word = past tense. S @ end of word = plural. Inflectional morphemes: morphemes that add grammatical meaning to word (cid:862)s(cid:863) at the e(cid:374)d = plural. Derivation: the process of creating a new word: hope (adj) +ful = hopeful (noun, kindnesses = derivational, frighten = derivational, pre-screen = derivational. Insincere: stabilize, sincerity, friendliness, antimicrobial, teach + er = teacher, hope +ful = hopeful. Compounding: creating a new word by joining 2 separate words: cardboard compounding, grandson compounding, keynote compounding, washboard compoind, table top compound, buttercup compound, telltale - compound.
