LING 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Word Formation, Morpheme
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Review: we introduced nominal compounds, which is that we could form a new noun out of two existing nouns; this is a form of morphology. Nouns often appear after: the, a, my, your . Right-hand head rule: the head of a compound is on the right. We use the recursive rule when constructing compounds. A tree diagram by n n1n2. (recursive rule application) Hierarchical structure: how the parts of an expression are grouped, or what order the parts are combined in. Drawing a tree diagram allows us to observe this clearly. Ambiguity: the more compounds you make, the more likely ambiguity is to occur. Yes, the grammar is still (cid:28662)orr(cid:28664)(cid:28662)t, w(cid:28664) (cid:28669)ust (cid:28662)(cid:28660)n"t (cid:28664)(cid:28660)s(cid:28668)ly (cid:28662)om(cid:28664) up w(cid:28668)t(cid:28667) (cid:28660) (cid:28662)(cid:28668)r(cid:28662)umst(cid:28660)n(cid:28662)(cid:28664) to (cid:28660)pply t(cid:28667)(cid:28668)s (cid:28664)xpr(cid:28664)ss(cid:28668)on. To answer, we must distinguish the other parts of speech. Other parts of speech and a way to recognize them: Verb: it often appears in different tenses (present vs past tense).
