Anthropology 1027A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Part Of Speech, Word Formation, Preposition And Postposition
6 Oct 2020
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Week 5 - morphology - derivation and inflection. Objective: be able to describe morphological processes for forming words. Lexicon - mental dictionary: word - smallest free form in language which holds meaning, morphology - component of grammar that deals with words and word formation, morpheme - smallest unit of language having meaning or function. Lexical categories - noun, verb, adjective adverb, preposition, determiner, conjunction. Simple vs. complex words: one or more morpheme. Simple: complex, fly, tree, delight, desks, dislike, untie, reuse. Free morphemes: can occur as independent words, bound morphemes, cannot occur as independent words and must be attached to a stem. Roots and affixes: roots, affixes, core meaning of word, belong to lexical category, every word has at least one root, bound morphemes, do not belong to lexical category, modify or add to meaning of root. Affixes: three types, prefix - before a root, suffix - after a root.
