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free morphemes

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can stand alone as words

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what creates new lexemes?

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derivation and compounding

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bound morphemes

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cannot stand alone as words

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affixes

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a bound morpheme that consists of one or more segments that typically appear before, after or within a base morpheme (infix, circumfix, prefix, suffix)

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infix

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inserted into the base morpheme

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prefix

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bound morpheme that comes before the base

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suffix

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bound morpheme that comes after the base

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circumfix

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a prefix and a suffix that together create a new lexeme
–> ge-berg-te (mountain chain)
–> ge-vogel-te (flock of birds)

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derivation

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new lexemes that are formed with prefixes and suffixes on a base

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bound base

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morphemes that cannot stand on their own, but are not prefixes or suffixes

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stem

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part of a word that is left when all inflectional endings are removed

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root

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the part of a word that is left after all affixes are removed
–> can be a free base

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affixation

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formation of words by addition of prefixes, suffixes, infixes and circumfixes

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suffix -ness

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attaches to adjectives or nouns
–> the quality of X

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prefix un-

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attaches to adjectives, preferably those with neutral or positive connotations, and creates negative adjectives
–> reverse the action X

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suffix -ize

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attaches to adjectives or nouns of two or more syllables where the final syllable doesn’t bear primary stress
–> make/put into X

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suffix -ify

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attaches to adjectives or nouns with monosyllabic bases, final (y) or stressed syllables

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transpositional affixes

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primary function is to change the category of their base without adding extra meaning (-(a)tion, -ment, -al, -ity, -ness)

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personal affixes

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create people nouns from verbs or nouns
- agents: -er
- patient: -ee

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locative affixes

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designate a place ( -ery/-age EXAMPLE ONLY)

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abstract affixes

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nouns that denote qualities

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negative affixes

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add the meaning ‘not’ to their base (EXAMPLES: un-, in-, non-)

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private affixes

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something like ‘without X’ (EXAMPLES: -less, de-)

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prepositional/relational affixes

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often convey notions of space/time (EXAMPLES: over-, out-, pre-, post-,)

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quantitative affixes
have something to with amount ( -ful, multi-, re-)
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evaluative affixes
- diminutives: signal a smaller version of the base (-let, --> booklet) - augmentatives: signal a bigger version of the base (mega-,--> megastore)
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affixal polysemy
multiple related meanings of an affix
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formative
an element that is used to form words, but which lacks clear meaning or function --> this mostly happens to forms not native to English
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cran morphs
a bound morpheme that occurs in only one word --> cran - cranberry
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extenders
an extra segment that occasionally appears in derived words in English, but which has no meaning and doesn't obviously belong to either base or affix --> platonic (plato + n + ic)
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sound symbolism
a sequence of sounds thats sometimes associated with a vague meaning, but isn't a morpheme --> sn in sneeze, snort, sniffle
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splinter
a piece of a word that isnt itself a morpheme but which can be used on an analogical basis to form a limited set of new words --> -tarian from vegetarian, flexitarian
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allomorphs
a phonologically distinct variant of a morpheme --> -(a)tion from participation
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compounds
words that are composed of two (or more) bases, roots, or stems
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compounds N + N
= N (dog bed, file cabinet, apple pie)
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compounds N + A
= A (sky blue, stone cold, bone dry)
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compounds A + A
= A (blue-green, icy cold)
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compounds A + N
= N (blackbird, green house, fastfood)
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compounds N + V
= V (hand was, brainwash, baby sit)
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compounds V + N
= N (pick pocket, sell sword, think tank)
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compounds V + V
= V (stir fry, slam dunk, blow dry)
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compounds A + V
= V (hot glue, slow dance)
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compounds V + A
= A (go-slow)
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compounds N + P
= A? (year-in)
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compounds P + N
= N (afterbirth, backseat)
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compounds V + P
= N (breakdown)
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compounds P + V
= V (downgrade)
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compounds A + P
= A (tuned-in)
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compounds P + A
= A (inbuilt)
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compounds P + P
= P (into)
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interfix/linking element
a meaningless vowel or consonant that occurs between the two elements that make up a compound
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root compound/primary compound
a compound in which the head element is not derived from a verb (dog bed, windmill, blue-green, stir fry)
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synthetic compound
a compound in which the head is derived from a verb and the non-head bears an argumental relationship to the head (truck driver, hand washing)
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head
the morpheme that determines the category and semantic type of the word or phrase
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attributive compound
the non-head acts as a modifier of the head --> snail mail metaphorically is a kind of mail that moves like a snail. - expresses any relationship with the head
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coordinative compound
the first element of the compound doesnt modify the second element --> the two have equal weight (producer-director, prince consort, blue-green, doctor-patient)
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sub-ordinative compound
one element is interpreted as the argument of the other, usually as its object --> when one element of the compound either is a V or is derived from a verb (synthetic compounds) --> suffixes -er, -ing, -ation, -ment can be added to one element of the compound (truck driver, mystery writer, hand holding, home invasion, meal preparation, cost containment)
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endocentric
the referent of the compound is always the same as the referent of its head (= equal to each other) - attributive = windmill, greenhouse, sky blue, ice cold - subordinative = truck driver, meal preparation - coordinative = producer-director
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exocentric
the denotation of the compound as a whole is not the denotation of the head - attributive = air head, bird brain - subordinative = pickpocket, cutpurse - coordinative = parent-child, doctor-patient
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conversion/functional shift
creating new lexemes without adding affixes --> other term : zero affixation
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conversion/functional shift N --> V
table --> to table bread --> to bread fish --> to fish
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conversion/functional shift V --> N
to throw --> a throw to kick --> a kick to fix --> a (quick) fix
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conversion/functional shift A --> V
cool --> to cool yellow --> to yellow
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coinage
coming up with new words
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backformation
a word is formed by substracting a piece, usually an affix from a word which appears to be complex peddlar --> peddler --> peddle
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blending
parts of lexemes that are not themselves morphemes are combined to form new lexemes smoge = smoke + fog brunch = breakfast + lunch splog = spam + blog
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acronym
the first letters of a phrase are used to create a new word, pronounced as a word --> AIDS (Acquired, Immune, Deficiency, Syndrome)
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initialism
the first letters of a phrase are used to create a new word, pronounced as individual letters --> FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
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clipping
creating a new word by shortening already existing words - fridge --> refrigerator - info --> information

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