English Morpho-Syntax
2nd Class : August 28, 2016
Universitas Terbuka
Korea Selatan
MODULE 2
MORPHOLOGICAL
AND WORDS
FORMATION
Keywords:
Root
Stem
Affix
Derivational morph
Inflectional morph
Word coinage
Derivation process
Morphological Process
UNIT 1
morphemes
2. Roots
3. Function word
4. Stems and Bases
5. Affixes
6. World-building processes using affixes
7. Multiple affixations
8. Stem extenders
Morphemes
Bound
Affix
Free
Root
-ceive
-mit
-fer
Derivational Inflectional
Prefix
preuncon-
Suffix
-ly
-ist
-ment
Suffix
-ing er s
-s est s
-en
-ed
Open Class
Closed Class
Noun (girl)
Conjunction (and)
Adjective (pretty) Preposition (in)
Verbs (love)
Articles (the)
Adverbs (quickly) Pronouns (she)
Auxiliary Verbs (is)
1.2. Root
root = the core of a word which cant be
reduced and nothings attached to it
root changes to word-form
walk walk walks walking walked
lexeme
root morpheme + bound
morpheme
latinate root:
e.g. -mit (permit, admit) send, do
--ceive (receive, conceive) take
pred- (predator, depredate) prey
sed- (sedan, sediment) sit
permit
permissible
permissive
remit
remission
remissory
dormit
dormitory
vomit
vomitory
Root
Stems
componen
t
Word
component
believ
e
believe + able
verb +
suffix
un +
believe +
able
prefix + verb +
suffix
syste
m
system + atic
noun +
suffix
un +
system +
atic + al +
ly
prefix + noun +
suffix + suffix +
suffix
un + system +
atic
Base
= all root
prefix +
noun +
suffix
Compound word =
noun +
suffix
+
a
word
1.5. Affixes
Prefix: before a root or stem or base
re-make ; un-kind ; in-decent
using
affixes
verb
preposition
adjective
Base: contradictory
Round 3: 2nd suffixation (add ness
output: contradictoriness
noun
Formative test 1
No
Words
1.
helps
2.
frogmarched
3.
student
book
4.
bookshops
5.
unfaithful
6.
windowcleaner
7.
dishonesty
8.
hardships
9.
greenhouse
10 brotherhood
Roots
Stems
Affixes
Prefix
Suffix
Word Formation
UNIT 2
Derivational Morphemes
Other category:
Prefix:
a+moral mono+theism
super+human sub+minimal
Suffix:
vicar+age New Jersey+ite
oOld+ish fadd+ist
Hierarchical structure of
words
Using tree diagrams to break down word
components
unsystematic has
adj internal structure as
follow:
un-
adj
noun
system
-atic
Formative test 2
No
.
Words
1.
jealousy
2.
diligently
3.
refreshme
nt
4.
acceptanc
e
5.
happiness
6.
motherho
od
7.
worker
8.
friendship
Suffix
Worldclass of
input
base
World
class of
output
word
Meaning
Word Coinage
UNIT 3
Process
Example
Nike, Kodak
Specific brand
Xerox, Jell-O
Videotape
Combined blends
Smog, motel
Abbreviation
Fax, gas
Acronyms
Clipping
Dot-com
Slang
Baldwin, Scooby
Political issues
Pro-life, pro-choice
Back formation
Hawker, peddler
Eponyms
Sandwich, jumbo
Compound words
Lazy susan
Scientific discovering
Black hole
Inventions
Radar, laser
Rhetorical post
homophobia
Formative test 3
No
.
Words
Word
Formation
Creation
No
.
Words
Word Formation
Creation
1.
NATO
11 landlord
.
2.
motel
12 ILO
.
3.
blackboar
d
13 bra
.
4.
vaseline
14 sandwich
.
5.
pizza
15 make up
.
6.
hansip
16 homopho
. bia
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