ENGL451 Lecture Notes- Morphemes & Allomorphs PDF

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MORPHEMES AND ALLOMORPHS DEFINITIONS AND NOTES ...

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ENGL451 Lecture Notes- Morphemes & Allomorphs

Morphology Language: internal language as perceived and understood in the individual rather than as transmitted and shared in the world or community. E Language: External language; language as transmitted & shared in the world and community

Building blocks of language Sounds Meaning Sentences Words With the exception of sounds what do you think is the basic building block of language? Words What is the definition of a word? Combination of symbols and sound put together in a certain order that has meaning.

Morphemes: Smallest meaning bearing unit of language Ex: Cat, run, -ing, -s Smallest building block of a word.

Spot the Morpheme: Yo

Hablo

Tu

Hablas

El/Ella

Habla

Nosotros

Hablamos

Vosotros

Hablais

Ellos/Ellas

Habalan

Habl is also a morpheme Needs additional info to be considered a word NOT ALL MORPHEMES ARE WORDS

How many Morphemes? Running -2 Run, -ing Elephants -2 Elephant, -s Regenerative-3 Re. generate, -ive

Types of Morphemes Free morphemes: those that can stand alone as words Bound morphemes: those that must attach to a word Roots: where the meaning of the word begins Affixes: Morphemes that fix onto others to change or add meaning Prefixes Suffixes Infixes Circumfixes Infixes: Affixes that are added to the middle of a word EX: Toba Batak ( Samosir Island in Indonesia) Gokan-Full Gumokan-Fuller Tibbo-Tall Tumibbo-Taller

Circumfixes: Single affix that attaches to the beginning and end of a root morpheme EX: Indonesian Jahat-Evil Kejahatan-Evilness

Recap All words have at least one morpheme (the root) but some contain multiples affixes Morphemes are the smallest unit of language...