LING 2P10- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 38 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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Grammar is rule governed by rules created by speakers of the language that were written down by grammarians. Language is a collection of rules that need to be used so language is seen as correct. Does not dictate what is right or wrong. Looks at purpose of the language (interview, chat between friends, tweet you want to go viral) Morpheme is the smallest unit of a word. Can be a single word or independant meaningful unit. Ex reindustrialize - re-, industry, -ial, -ize are all morphemes. Free morphemes are units that can stand alone, like industry in above example. Bound morphemes are those units which cannot stand alone ex -ful, -able, -ed, -s aka prefixes and suffixes. Derivational bound morphemes either change class/category a word belongs to or drastically changes semantic meaning. Inflectional bound morphemes do not change class or meaning. S (plural and conjugation in present tense- also es) Can identified adjectives using semantic, morphological and structural clues.
