outline of ALL the morphology lectures
... In English, stems can also appear as independent words without additional endings, but in some languages, stems are always followed by a suffix in order to make the word complete. Whereas a root is normally a single morpheme, a stem might contain two or more. For example, a compound noun might funct ...
... In English, stems can also appear as independent words without additional endings, but in some languages, stems are always followed by a suffix in order to make the word complete. Whereas a root is normally a single morpheme, a stem might contain two or more. For example, a compound noun might funct ...
Exam topics - Department of English Language and Literature
... 17. Word stress (its nature and influence on the vowel quality); stress in complex and compound words; stress shift 18. Sentence stress; strong and weak forms of grammatical words 19. Rhythm (stress-timed English x syllable-timed Czech; eurhythmy, strategies to achieve regularity) 20. Form of intona ...
... 17. Word stress (its nature and influence on the vowel quality); stress in complex and compound words; stress shift 18. Sentence stress; strong and weak forms of grammatical words 19. Rhythm (stress-timed English x syllable-timed Czech; eurhythmy, strategies to achieve regularity) 20. Form of intona ...
Noun Formation in Auchi
... other grammatical elements in utterances. See Tomori (1977) for insights on English morphology and syntax. Indeed, Corbett (1991) views gender as a particular type of noun classification strategy. In the Auchi sentence: O no mie em’o rha gwe mie ogie oi mho egbegb’ avbulu ku o egbe (One who has some ...
... other grammatical elements in utterances. See Tomori (1977) for insights on English morphology and syntax. Indeed, Corbett (1991) views gender as a particular type of noun classification strategy. In the Auchi sentence: O no mie em’o rha gwe mie ogie oi mho egbegb’ avbulu ku o egbe (One who has some ...
Conversational Syntax Requirements
... ago. CFGs continue to be used due to their simplicity but the attempt is futile. Realism requires a non-CFG formalism which captures the generality of natural language elegantly. The most obvious need for non-CFG’s is concord. The agreement of the verb in person and number with the subject is the cl ...
... ago. CFGs continue to be used due to their simplicity but the attempt is futile. Realism requires a non-CFG formalism which captures the generality of natural language elegantly. The most obvious need for non-CFG’s is concord. The agreement of the verb in person and number with the subject is the cl ...
Using Morphological Analysis to Teach Vocabulary In English and
... this transformation by adding the suffix “-ed”, thus making it a past participial adjective. The French equivalent of the “-ed” for the class of verbs in question would be “é”. By removing the infinitive marker “-er” and adding the “-é”, the student now has a past participle that can be used as an ...
... this transformation by adding the suffix “-ed”, thus making it a past participial adjective. The French equivalent of the “-ed” for the class of verbs in question would be “é”. By removing the infinitive marker “-er” and adding the “-é”, the student now has a past participle that can be used as an ...
Notes from Class - Blogs at UMass Amherst
... o PHRASE: a series of one or more consecutive words that act collectively like a single word. A noun phrase acts collectively like a noun. o HEAD: the word inside of the phrase that tells you the core meaning of the phrase; it tells you the category of the phrase. The head of a noun phrase (NP) is ...
... o PHRASE: a series of one or more consecutive words that act collectively like a single word. A noun phrase acts collectively like a noun. o HEAD: the word inside of the phrase that tells you the core meaning of the phrase; it tells you the category of the phrase. The head of a noun phrase (NP) is ...
323 Morphology 2
... Some inflectional morphemes have no true meaning, but they have a grammatical function: E.g. he, him; who, whom; they, them, The suffix ‘-m’ marks the accusative (objective) Case. This is a syntactic relation and no meaning can be associated with it. The term function includes meaning. To go one ste ...
... Some inflectional morphemes have no true meaning, but they have a grammatical function: E.g. he, him; who, whom; they, them, The suffix ‘-m’ marks the accusative (objective) Case. This is a syntactic relation and no meaning can be associated with it. The term function includes meaning. To go one ste ...
Document
... Some inflectional morphemes have no true meaning, but they have a grammatical function: E.g. he, him; who, whom; they, them, The suffix ‘-m’ marks the accusative (objective) Case. This is a syntactic relation and no meaning can be associated with it. The term function includes meaning. To go one ste ...
... Some inflectional morphemes have no true meaning, but they have a grammatical function: E.g. he, him; who, whom; they, them, The suffix ‘-m’ marks the accusative (objective) Case. This is a syntactic relation and no meaning can be associated with it. The term function includes meaning. To go one ste ...
Vocabulary #2, Exercise #1
... Each of the following sentences contains words of the kind specified before the sentence. Fine these words and write them on your paper. 1. adverbs The students were instructed to work quietly after the exam. 2. prepositions Last week, we traveled over the river, through the woods and between two mo ...
... Each of the following sentences contains words of the kind specified before the sentence. Fine these words and write them on your paper. 1. adverbs The students were instructed to work quietly after the exam. 2. prepositions Last week, we traveled over the river, through the woods and between two mo ...
MORPHOLOGY, DIVIDED AND CONQUERED?
... If we add to do and have the supposedly inflectional third singular and third plural suffices ‑es and ‑Ø, we can obtain from these verb roots auxiliaries that can invert in yes-no questions and can appear both before n’ t and in tag questions, i.e. which have what are widely known as the NICE prope ...
... If we add to do and have the supposedly inflectional third singular and third plural suffices ‑es and ‑Ø, we can obtain from these verb roots auxiliaries that can invert in yes-no questions and can appear both before n’ t and in tag questions, i.e. which have what are widely known as the NICE prope ...
The Pieces of Morphology
... All composition is syntactic; the internal structure of words is created by the same mechanisms of construction as the internal structure of sentences. The internal semantic structure of roots (atoms for construction, along with the universally available grammatical features), whatever it may be and ...
... All composition is syntactic; the internal structure of words is created by the same mechanisms of construction as the internal structure of sentences. The internal semantic structure of roots (atoms for construction, along with the universally available grammatical features), whatever it may be and ...
A \ / N
... Native speakers know how to segment a string of sounds into words when they write, for instance, so then: What is a word? How can it be defined? Linguists define the word as the smallest free form in a language. This means that it can occur alone and in different positions in the sentence as well: ( ...
... Native speakers know how to segment a string of sounds into words when they write, for instance, so then: What is a word? How can it be defined? Linguists define the word as the smallest free form in a language. This means that it can occur alone and in different positions in the sentence as well: ( ...
Words and their parts
... their meaningful parts Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary: “word is the smallest independent unit of language, or one that can be separated from other such units in an utterance” ...
... their meaningful parts Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary: “word is the smallest independent unit of language, or one that can be separated from other such units in an utterance” ...
323-Morphology
... There are affixes that are very productive, rather unproductive, somewhat unproductive, very unproductive. H lists a finer list of productiveness (p. 42). Another problem are complex words that are lexical, but underlying base is not lexical. To illustrate this, consider disgruntled. It is derived f ...
... There are affixes that are very productive, rather unproductive, somewhat unproductive, very unproductive. H lists a finer list of productiveness (p. 42). Another problem are complex words that are lexical, but underlying base is not lexical. To illustrate this, consider disgruntled. It is derived f ...
Bound Morphemes
... It can not be divided into smaller meaningful parts without violating its meaning or without meaningless remainder. It occurs in different verbal environment with relatively stable meaning. Example: the word “straight” Can you divide it into smaller meaningful units? (no) – It can be combined with o ...
... It can not be divided into smaller meaningful parts without violating its meaning or without meaningless remainder. It occurs in different verbal environment with relatively stable meaning. Example: the word “straight” Can you divide it into smaller meaningful units? (no) – It can be combined with o ...
1. Words and morphemes
... STEM: main portion of a word onto which prefixes/suffixes are stuck. For the root electrwe have stems like electrify and electron, we can add further endings electrifies, electrons In some languages stems must have a suffix to make a complete word. A root is normally a single morpheme; a stem might ...
... STEM: main portion of a word onto which prefixes/suffixes are stuck. For the root electrwe have stems like electrify and electron, we can add further endings electrifies, electrons In some languages stems must have a suffix to make a complete word. A root is normally a single morpheme; a stem might ...
PowerPoint
... when you get out to the literature, generally goes by the name “Distributed Morphology” so named because the pronunciation rules are relatively separate from the syntactic rules. The primary source for this is Halle & Marantz (1993) (in Adger’s ...
... when you get out to the literature, generally goes by the name “Distributed Morphology” so named because the pronunciation rules are relatively separate from the syntactic rules. The primary source for this is Halle & Marantz (1993) (in Adger’s ...
CAS LX 522 Syntax I
... Plurality is a property of the subject, but it is reflected in the morphology of the verb. This may be the clearest example of the distinction between interpretable and uninterpretable features. The φ-features are interpretable on the noun, but uninterpretable on the verb. (We’ll continue to discuss ...
... Plurality is a property of the subject, but it is reflected in the morphology of the verb. This may be the clearest example of the distinction between interpretable and uninterpretable features. The φ-features are interpretable on the noun, but uninterpretable on the verb. (We’ll continue to discuss ...
MORPHOLOGY and SYNTAX
... Native speakers know how to segment a string of sounds into words when they write, for instance, so then: What is a word? How can it be defined? Linguists define the word as the smallest free form in a language. This means that it can occur alone and in different positions in the sentence as well: ( ...
... Native speakers know how to segment a string of sounds into words when they write, for instance, so then: What is a word? How can it be defined? Linguists define the word as the smallest free form in a language. This means that it can occur alone and in different positions in the sentence as well: ( ...
Warm Up #3: 1/18/12
... and clear 2. My __________ was •Synonyms: consistent, coherent because I reasonable, clear followed the Step Up •Antonyms: inconsistent, to Writing steps. unclear ...
... and clear 2. My __________ was •Synonyms: consistent, coherent because I reasonable, clear followed the Step Up •Antonyms: inconsistent, to Writing steps. unclear ...
Words
... All composition is syntactic; the internal structure of words is created by the same mechanisms of construction as the internal structure of sentences. The internal semantic structure of roots (atoms for construction, along with the universally available grammatical features), whatever it may be and ...
... All composition is syntactic; the internal structure of words is created by the same mechanisms of construction as the internal structure of sentences. The internal semantic structure of roots (atoms for construction, along with the universally available grammatical features), whatever it may be and ...
Syntax: Structural Descriptions of Sentences
... Modal (could, might, will, should…) < perfect (have) < progressive (be) < passive (be) ...
... Modal (could, might, will, should…) < perfect (have) < progressive (be) < passive (be) ...