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1 ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY Week 1

2 Word phoneme SENTENCE PHRASE SUFFIX prefix PHRASE CLAUSE UTTERANCE PART OF SPEECH MICRO-LINGUISTICS Macro-linguistics Language dictionary LEXICON allophone Smallest language unit

3 Parts of speech/Word Classes
Function VS Content Words Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Determiners Pronouns Conjunctions Exclamations Prepositions NB: You can visit:

4 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

5 Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions
Tasks of Morphology? Morphology VS Word Formation Morphe- (form, shape, Greek origin) Morpheme Morph is it the same phenomenon?

6 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

7 Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions
Morpheme Morph - number of morphemes and morphs can be equal, e.g. DESK – DESKS 1 morph, 1 morpheme morphs, 2 morphemes (phys. represent, 1 meaning) (2 phys. represent, 2 meanings)

8 Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions
Morpheme Morph - number of morphemes and morphs can be different, e.g. MAN – MEN 1 morph, 1 morpheme morph, 2 morphemes (phys. represent, 1 meaning) (1 phys. represent, 2 meanings)


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