Week 3 (Word Formation Processes) Flashcards
Understand content from Week 3 (17 cards)
what is derivational morphology?
morphology which creates new words, changes the word class or the basic
meaning of its host stem
what is inflectional morphology?
morphology which encodes grammatical information about function in a
clause
where do affixes go in a word?
root + derivational + inflectional (Derivational affixes are ‘inside’, or closer to the root, than inflectional affixes)
can an inflectional affix come before a derivational affix?
no
what is unpacking?
looking at all the different stems that occur as the word is built out from
the root
is the root also a stem?
yes
unpack ‘rationalisation’
[[[[ration]Nal]Ais]Vation]N
ration, rational, rationalise, rationalisation
what is borrowing?
Borrowing: Borrowed forms are modified to fit the phonological pattern
of the target language. For example, the English pronunciation of
karaoke and déjà vu are unlike the Japanese and French
how many free morphemes in a compound word?
Compound words have two free morphemes
which part of a compound word is the root?
the second part of the compound is always the root.
what is backformation?
The formation of a simple or simpler word from one understood as derived, e.g. gruntled from disgruntled.
what is truncation?
Process of word‐formation in which an existing form is abbreviated
what is acronym?
A word formed from the initial letters of two or more successive words
what is initialism?
e.g. UQ, not pronounced uh-ck
what is blending?
Word formed by joining the beginning of one form to the end of another e.g. smog
what is zero-derivation?
e.g. turning nouns to verbs and adjectives to nouns
what is derivation?
Any series of changes in which a form or structure is altered by successive processes e.g. cellist from cello
