ANT100Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Standard Average European, Bound And Unbound Morphemes, Allomorph
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The smallest meaningful units in language are called morphemes. Zero morpheme: lack of sound that creates meaning. Bound morpheme: same morphemes pronounced differently when found with other morphemes within the same word. Allomorph: variant of a morpheme ( san, sane, nation), positional variants of a morpheme. Linguistic transcription: letters used to describe the sounds of a language. Affixes: affixes include prefixes, suffixes, and infixes. The main body of the word is the base. Inuktitut words can have a strikingly large number of morphemes. In fact, they can be translated into sentences: chapter 5: language, meaning and culture. Abstract concepts can also be shaped by the language we speak (physical space, love, time) Whorf thought, having a word in a language influences the way we think of the referent of that word (limestone vs. stone). Rich points: words that only competent speakers of the language can truly understand. "she"ll be good for another ten years"" = a vehicle.
