LIN203H1 Lecture : Chapter notes .docx
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Adverbs (adv; characteristics of verbs: quickly, strongly, etc. ) Prepositions (p, spatial relations: in, at, form, to, etc. ) Ceive is a root, but cannot stand alone. Infix inserted into main morpheme (root: e. g. fingo, stand. Base: form to which an affix is added (not necessarily the root) English is word-based, majority of complex words oare built from roots that are free morphems. Latin, greek, spanish, japanese: roots are always bound. Lexemes: set of words that vary from each other only by inflectional forms (number, degree, tense) Any affix other than an inflectional affix is a derivational affix: forms a word with a meaning or category distinct from that of its base) Structure creation is rule-governed when making complex derivations (un comes before adjectives not nouns) Derivational affixes: change category or meaning of base: triggers changes in consonant or vowel of base and may affect stress placement, phonologically neutral. Some derivational morphemes have meaning some don"t (such as empty morphemes)
