ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY Week 1
Word phoneme SENTENCE PHRASE SUFFIX prefix PHRASE CLAUSE UTTERANCE PART OF SPEECH MICRO-LINGUISTICS Macro-linguistics Language dictionary LEXICON allophone Smallest language unit
Parts of speech/Word Classes Function VS Content Words Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Determiners Pronouns Conjunctions Exclamations Prepositions NB: You can visit: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/word-classes-or-parts-of-speech
Parts of speech/Word Classes WIDE A/AN THIS/THAT TASTE MARRY TERRIBLE GOOD GINGER COMPUTER SOME MUCH LATELY AND SUCH GIRL PORTRAIT BUT KNOWN SEEN DETERMINED
Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions Tasks of Morphology? Morphology VS Word Formation Morphe- (form, shape, Greek origin) Morpheme Morph is it the same phenomenon?
Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions Morpheme Morph is it the same phenomenon? - morpheme – the smallest language unit (conveying meaning) - morph – physical representation of a morpheme
Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions Morpheme Morph - number of morphemes and morphs can be equal, e.g. DESK – DESKS 1 morph, 1 morpheme 2 morphs, 2 morphemes (phys. represent, 1 meaning) (2 phys. represent, 2 meanings)
Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions Morpheme Morph - number of morphemes and morphs can be different, e.g. MAN – MEN 1 morph, 1 morpheme 1 morph, 2 morphemes (phys. represent, 1 meaning) (1 phys. represent, 2 meanings)