LINA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Morphological Derivation, Circumfix, Affix
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Position - prefix, suffix, infix, suffix, circumfix. Change meaning or category of root or both. Ex. un- + faithful adj un - adj or verbs. Ness adj+nedd noun (t) ion contrusct + ion construction (noun) Ful beauty (n) + -ful noun (adj) Inflectional affixes (add grammatical information: nouns, plural -s, s (possession, verbs, -s third person sing, -ed past tense marker, derivational - excited, interested, tired (adj, -en. En (dervational) weak (adj) + -en weaken (v) En (inflectional) eat (v) + -en eaten: -ing, derivational -- what an exciting trip (ing - verb-adj, excite (v) + -ing exciting (adj) Inflectional -- safi is teaching now (ing - action is in progress: adjectives and adverbs, -er. Inflectional - nice (adj) + -er nicer (adj: dervational - v + -er printer, teacher (nouns) (er meanings something/one that does something, adj+ -er noun eg. foreign + noun foreigner, -est. Unlockable - able - able to unlock it unlock + able.
