LING 110 Lecture 4: Week 4 Inflection_vs._Derivation
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Inflection vs. derivation (inflectional rules vs. derivational rules: inflectional affixes do not 1. Derivational affixes may change change the grammatical category the grammatical category of a word: of a word: think/thinks to think but a thinker: inflectional affixes form para- 2. Derivational affixes occur inside derivational affixes: danc-er-s inflectional affixes: friend-li-er: inflectional affixes are relevant 4. Derivational affixes are not to syntax: a duck swims vs. relevant to syntax: a duck swims, Ducks swim a duckling swims, etc: inflectional rules add information 5. Derivational rules are a that the grammar of the language mechanism by which the lexicon requires can be enriched with new words friend / friends friend / friend-ship: by applying one inflectional rule, 6.