Basics Flashcards
(14 cards)
Linguistic sign
form and meaning
arrbitrairness
náhodnost
morpheme
the smallest meaningful unit
free morpheme - can stand alone
bound morpheme - can’t stand alone
Allomorph
different variants of the same morpheme
dosen’t change the meaning
Root change
a) derivation - proud -> pride
b) inlfection - foot -> feet
c) combining - bad -> wor
d) supplection - bad -> worse -> worst
inflectable root
work-ing
non-inflactable root
because
derivational prefixes SHIFT
very few!
pro-
derivational prefixes NO SHIFT
most of them!
un-
in-
dis-
derivational suffixes SHIFT
many!
-tion
-ify
-ity
-ic
-ical
derivational suffixes NO SHIFT
many!
-able
-ness
-dom
-ous
-ish
inflectional suffixes
ONLY 8
NO SHIFT
-s, -s, -‘s
-er, -est, -ing
-ed, -ed
homonyms
same word, different meaning
bat - animal
bat - baseball bat
synonyms
different word, same meaning