LING 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Family Tree, Idiosyncrasy, Switch-Reference
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Inflectional morphemes- where the meaning is not changed by the affix. Derivational morphemes- where the meaning is changed by the affix. Ex) hungarian; te szep vagy- you"re beautiful, ti szepek vagytok- you all are beautiful (the bold is an example of an inflectional morpheme because the meaning is not changed) Mirroring- verb and adjective agreeing; noun and adjective agreeing. Ex) spanish agreement of gender and number. Appears often in many languages because it helps speakers understand what is being said better; helps avoid confusion. Inflectional morphemes can be tense, person, aspect, number, case, gender, etc. Evidentiality- different marker on verb if you have witnessed the action, if you have heard about the action, or a hypothetical situation about the action. Formality, politeness, or social status- if person is older or more respected you would use a different form than if they are your friend. Non-linear tense- it is not necessarily a linear phenomenon like in the west.
