LIN102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Adverb, Part Of Speech, Affix
6 Mar 2018
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Derivational affixes, changes the basic meaning of the base it attaches too or changes the lexical category (e. g. ish in child(noun)ish(adjective) or re-in reconsider) Risk(noun) addition of the y (adjective) changing. Not all derivational affixes change just the lexical category but also the basic meaning of the word. Inflectional affixes, adds grammatical information [(p) s, possessive s, -ing, -ed, -en, (singular)- s, -er, -est] (pg. 108 example) Derivation typically changes the lexical category or the basic meaning. Derivation cannot easily attach it to a range of things (words) Derivation (e. x. transmit addition of mition; meaning is changed) is semantically less transparent than inflection (can tell the meaning instantly) Derivation is closer to the root than inflection. Means if you are making a big word the derivation is added directly after the root, inflation is typically at the end. Internal change: substituting one non-morphemic segment for another to mark a grammatical contrast (e. g. sing/sang.
