LIN 201 Lecture Notes - Content Word, Grammaticality, Allomorph
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Partial recall: # of syllables, first letter, rhyme, etc. Content words are in networks of related words. Module = component of a sys. having a defined func. w/in sys. Differential impairment: lang. impaired but everything else ok vs. vice- versa. Brain considers both auditory and visual when processing lang. Blending together for d or (th as in the) Morphemes don"t always appear in the same shape. A and an mean exactly the same thing. All allo. of single morph. have same meaning. A and an; s, s, and es; -ed, -ed, and -ed are allo. Analogy: clark kent & superman are allo. of the morph.