MORPHOLOGY COURSE SPRING TERM 2016

Word Formation Suffixation & Prefixation (as a part of Inflection and Derivation, where applicable) Suffixation: Placing (an) affix(es) after the base (e.g. careful+ly=carefully)

Word Formation (Some) Types of Suffixes: Noun Suffixes (forming nouns): Occupation Suffixes: er/or>work+er, edit+or (occupation); ster>gang+ster, trick+ster (occupation); ist>novel+ist, violin+ist; Diminutive Suffixes (forming diminutives): y>dad (d) +y, John (n) +y; let>pig+let, book+let; ette>kitchen+ette, cigar+ette;

Word Formation (Some) Types of Suffixes: Female Nouns Suffixes: ette/a>bachelor+ette, usher+ette, Henr(y)i+etta; ess>dean+ess, lion+ess, act (o) r+ess ; e>fiance+e, confidant+e; ina>czar+ina; enne>comedian+enne,

Word Formation (Some) Types of Suffixes: Quantity Suffixes: ful>hand+ful, mouth+ful; Abstract Nouns Suffixes: hood>brother+hood; ship>friend+ship, relation+ship; dom>king+dom, free+dom; ness>happy+ness, good+ness;

Word Formation (Some) Types of Suffixes: Verb Suffixes (forming verbs): ify>cert+ify, ident+ify; ize>scandal+ize, formal+ize; en>short+en, dark+en.

Word Formation (Some) Types of Suffixes: Adverb Suffixes (forming averbs): ly>happy+ly, strong+ly; wards>east+wards, on+wards; wise>clock+wise, right+wise;

Word Formation (Some) Types of Suffixes: Adjectives Suffixes (forming adjectives): able>read+able, drink+able; ful>beauty+ful, colour+ful; ish>fool+ish, boy+ish; ic>German+ic, specif+ic; en>wood+en, lead+en; NB! The list of the suffixes is not a definite one, but we will use it, for the time being.

Word Formation Prefixation: Placing (an) affix(es) before the base (e.g. polite=impolite) (Some) Types of Prefixes Negative Prefixes: un>un+certain, un+decided; non>non+existent, non+conformist; in>in+visible, in+dependent; a>a+moral, a+theist; dis>dis+loyal, dis+obedient il>il+literate, il+legible ir>ir+responsible, ir+rational

Word Formation (Some) Types of Prefixes Negative Prefixes: de>de+frost, de+politicize; mal>mal+formed, mal+function; mis>mis+understand, mis+spell; Pseudo>pseudo+scientific, pseudo+theory.

Word Formation (Some) Types of Prefixes Degree & Size Prefixes: arch>arch+enemy, arch+bichop; super>super+market, super+sonic; sub>sub+urbia, sub+standard; hyper>hyper+sensitive, hyper+market; mini/micro>micro+wave, micro+cell; over>over+do, over+come

Word Formation (Some) Types of Prefixes Locative Prefixes: - inter>inter+national, inter+connected; trans>trans+atlantic, trans+plant; sub>sub+way, sub+liminal; Time & Order Prefixes pre>pre+mature, pre+historic; post>post+mortal, post+war; ex>ex+wife, ex+boyfriend; fore>fore+tell, fore+warn;

Word Formation (Some) Types of Prefixes Number Prefixes: uni/mono>uni+lateral, mono+gamic; bi/di>bi+polar, di+chotomy; multi/poly(i)>multi+national, poly+valency.

Word Formation Compounding (its basic form): Combining two/more words, with meaning (each) to form a new one: e.g. home+work pick+pocket every+day Compounds do not neccessarily bear a meaning wich is the combination of the meaning of their consituents (to be elaborated in the future!)

Word Formation (Some) Types of Compounds (with regard to word classes): Compound Nouns cut+throat (V+N) boy+friend (N+N) sun+shine (N+V) soft+ware (Adj+N) in+crowd (Part.+N) drop+out (V+Part.)

Word Formation Compound Verbs sky+drive (N+V) over+look (Part.+V) (Some) Types of Compounds (with regard to parts of speech): Compound Verbs sky+drive (N+V) over+look (Part.+V) bad+mouth (Adj+N)

Word Formation Compound Adjectives capital+intensive (N+Adj) (Some) Types of Compounds (with regard to parts of speech): Compound Adjectives capital+intensive (N+Adj) deaf+mute (Adj+Adj) roll+neck (V+N) blue+collar (Adj+N) before+tax (Part.+N) go+go (V+V)