LINGUISTICS UNIT 4
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- (addition of a bound morpheme to the front of a free form).
- PREFIXATION
- addition of a bound morpheme to the end of a free form
- SUFFIXATION
- addition of a morpheme to the middle of a free form
- INFIXATION
- addition of a bound morpheme to the beginning and end of a free form
- CIRCUMFIXATION
- simple bound form that belongs to a lexical category such as noun, verb, adjective, or adverb
- ROOT
- A root must be combined with an ____ to become a free form.
- AFFIX
- a complex bound form that must be combined with one or more affixes to become a free form
- STEM
- How are compounds formed?
- by combining one free morpheme with another
- Noun + Noun =
- NOUN
- Noun + Verb =
- VERB
- Adjective +Adjective =
- ADJECTIVE
- Adjective + Noun =
- NOUN
- Verb + Verb =
- VERB
- Verb + Noun =
- NOUN
- Preposition + Verb =
- VERB
- Preposition + Noun =
- NOUN
- The word "brunch" is an example of:
- BLENDING
- notebook, bookshelf, and houseboat are an example of:
- COMPOUNDING
- chair (noun) and chair (verb) is an example of:
- CONVERSION
- SCUBA is an :
- ACRONYM
- A word derived from names of individuals, particularly inventors or other famous well-known people
- EPONYM
- A process which derives the inflected form of a word with a completely different form rather than with an affix.
- SUPPLETION
- The type of morphology that can change lexical categories.
- DERIVATIONAL
- Words that can be broken down into several meaningful units.
- COMPLEX WORDS
- process which derives the inflected form by changing a vocalic segment within the word.
- INTERNAL CHANGE