LIN203H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Solve, Malocclusion, National Institute Of Statistics And Census Of Argentina
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The prehistory of english and the other indo-european languages. The same morpheme can be pronounced in different ways, depending on the context. Pronounced /z/ after a voiced sound: plums. Pronounced /s/ after a voiceless sound: grapes. The same morpheme can also have different meanings, depending on context. Consider path, as in pathology and sympathy. Pathology: the scientific study of the nature of disease". (path + -o- + log + -y = Sympathy: a feeling of pity for the distress of another". (syn- + path + -y = with feeling") The term polysemy refers to the situation where one morpheme has multiple meanings. Polysemy = poly + sem + -y = many meanings". Polysemy arises due to semantic change: the change in meaning that words often undergo over time. Must distinguish polysemy from homonymy (also called homophony) Remember lecture 1, the difference between the multiple meanings of berry and tick.
