LIN203H1 Study Guide - Fall 2017 Final Notes - Proto-Indo-European language, Present continuous, Suppletion
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Arbitrary: the connection between form and meaning (no connection) Most of the time, there is no connection between a particular sounds and a particular meaning. Morpheme is more abstract, and a morph is a specific realization of a morpheme in a world. Free morphemes: they can stand on their own as words (ex. Bounded morphemes: they have to attach to other morphemes (ex. Function morphs: pro(cid:448)ide structural/gra(cid:373)(cid:373)atical i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) (cid:894)ex. (cid:862)(cid:374)ess(cid:863) i(cid:374)dicates it"s a (cid:374)ou(cid:374)(cid:895) Closed class: there are almost never new words in this category. Most function words are bound, but some of them are free. Content morphs (lexical morphs): they have referential meaning. Open class: new morphemes can be readily added to this set. English has a lot of free and bound morphemes that are content morphs. (functional)affixes: bound morphemes that attach to bases. They can be divided up multiple ways. Base is something to which an affix attaches. Infix is inserted in the middle of a base.
