Ch6 Flashcards
(28 cards)
The study of the structure of words
Morphology
The smallest of meaning or grammatical function
Morpheme
Morphemes that can stand by themselves as single words
Free morphemes
Elements that can’t stand alone as words and are always attached to some other morphemes
Bound morphemes
Words having at least one free morpheme
Stem
Morphemes that includes nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
Lexical free morphemes
Morphemes : And, but, because / are called
Conjunctions / functional free morphemes
On, in
Prepositions / functional free morphemes
A, an, the
Articles / functional free morphemes
It, them
Pronouns / functional free morphemes
Used to change the meaning or class of words ( produce new words)
Derivational bound morphemes
Don’t change the meaning or class
Indicate aspects of the grammatical function of a word
Inflectional bound morphemes
-s’ possessive,-s plural ( Jim’s , sisters)
Noun
3rd person singular, -ing present participle ,- ed past tense,- en past participle
Verbs
Likes
Verb- inflectional bound morpheme
Taken
- en past participle / inflectional bound morpheme
Liked
-Ed past tense / inflectional bound morpheme
Laughing
- Ing present participle/ inflectional bound morpheme
Quieter
- Er comparative / adjective / inflectional bound morpheme
Loudest
-Est superlative / adjective / inflectional bound morpheme
The teacher’s strictness shocked the girl’s parents
(The)
Functional free morpheme / article
The teacher’s strictness shocked the girl’s parents
( teacher’s) ‘s
Inflectional bound morpheme / noun - possessive s
The teacher’s strictness shocked the girl’s parents
( strictness) ness
Derivational bound morpheme / suffix
The teacher’s strictness shocked the girl’s parents
( shocked) ed
Inflectional bound morpheme post ed
