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Linguistics
Week 7 and 8
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Language - Other
Undergraduate 1
06/06/2008

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morphology 

Definition

part of linguistics that deals with minimal units of linguistic form and meaning

states rules that describe how morphemes make up words 

Term
morphemes
Definition

smallest parts of a language that can be regularly assigned a meaning

 

grammatical meaning or just meaning 

Term
bound morpheme
Definition
cant occur on its own re- -er un- -ing
Term
free morpheme
Definition
they occur alone cow marry alone
Term
content morphemes
Definition
roots or stems (more complex)
Term
affixes
Definition

prefixes before the stem

infixes between the stem

suffixes after the stem 

Term
root
Definition
forms the base for affixes to attach to, cannot be analyzed into smaller parts
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stem 

Definition

formed when a root is combined with an affix and can continue to have affixes added on to it

 

root: taste

stem: distaste

stem: distasteful etc 

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