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1 Derivational Affixation nationN nationalADJ nationalizeV nationalizationN inter national iz ationN

2 Productive Affixes -ableV+able V  ADJ -nessADJ+ness ADJ  N -erV+er V  N un-un+ADJ ADJ  ADJ -ityADJ+ityADJ  N -thADJ+thADJ  N -enADJ+enADJ  V Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2003. An Introduction to Language. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, pp. 88-90.

3 Accidental Derivational Gaps permit commit transmit permission commission transmission permissive commissive transmissive permissible commissible transmissible impermissible (incommissible) intransmissible (permissioner) commissioner (transmissioner) (permittal) committal transmittal permitter committor transmitter Miller, George A. 1996. The Science of Words. New York: Scientific American Library, p. 109.

4 English Inflections VERB -s -ing -ed -en NOUN -s -’s ADJECTIVE -er -est Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2007. An Introduction to Language, 8th edition. Boston, MA: Thomson Wadsworth, p. 99.

5 Morphological Analysis Adjective Meaning uglyvery unattractive uglier more ugly ugliestmost ugly prettynice looking prettiermore nice looking prettiestmost nice looking talllarge in height tallermore tall tallestmost tall Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2007. An Introduction to Language, 8th edition. Boston, MA: Thomson Wadsworth, p. 104.

6 Zulu (Morphology: Exercise 5) PREFIX NUMBERROOT GLOSS SUFFIX CLASS um- SINGULAR aba- PLURAL -i NOUN -a VERB faz married woman i fan boy i zal parent i fundis teacher / teach i / a baz carver / carve i / a lim farmer / farm i / a dlal player / play i / a fund reader / read i / a

7 Chickasaw (Morphology Ex 17 or 18) a. Root morphemes 1. chaaha to be tall 2. hopoba to be hungry b. Morphemes 1. -tokpast tense 2. sa- I 3. chi-you 4. —he/she c. ispokni “to be old 1. chisipokni you are old 2. sipoknitokhe was old 3. hoosipoknithey are old

8 Samoan (Morphology: Exercise 9 or 10) a. (1) they weavelalaga (2) they travelsavavali (3) he singspese b. Morphological rule for making third person plural from third person singular verb forms in Samoan: Reduplicate the penultimate syllable.


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