Morphology and Word Formation

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Morphology and Word Formation

• Solutions to Test Paper
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Word Formation
ineffectualisation isnt a word you meet every
day. Argue that it nevertheless is a word, by
splitting it up into morphemes according to type.
Finally, draw a tree diagram for it, using the
morpheme-type labels as the names of nodes.
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Word Formation
in
fect
ual
is
ation
is(e)
ef
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Word Formation
in
ef
ual
ation
is(e)
fect
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Compounds

• Form recognized compounds from the free morphemes
  below the table and insert them in the table
  according to the same principles as those behind
  the test samples. Use each morpheme only once

strong
all
Adjectives
Nouns
spoon
pocket
rain
head
bow
Verbs
walk
sleep
pick
carry
feed
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Compounds

• Form recognized compounds from the free morphemes
  below the table and insert them in the table
  according to the same principles as those behind
  the test samples. Use each morpheme only once

strong
all
Adjectives
Nouns
spoon
pocket
rain
head
bow
Verbs
walk
sleep
pick
carry
feed
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Derivational Morphology

• Derivational morphemes convert members of
  (input) word classes into members of the same
  or different (output) word classes. For
  example, -ish turns 1) a N into an A boy ish ?
  boyish, or 2) an A into another A (with a
  different meaning) pink ish ? pinkish.
  Judging from the list of words provided below,
  determine the input word class and the output
  word class for the following derivational
  affixes. Write the stem input class label on
  the line to the left, the output class label on
  the line to the right of the arrow (note that the
  final vowel may diasappear or change shape, that
  the final consonant may double, and that the stem
  may otherwise change)

• a. _______ -al ? ___ b. _______ -ous? ___
  c. _______ -ify ? ___
• d. _______ -ful ? ___ e. _______ -ity ? ___
  f. _______ -en ? ___
• g. _______ -dom ? ___ h. _______ -able ? ___
  i. a- _______ ? ___
• ex- _______ ? ___ k. sub- _______ ? ___
  l. re- _______ ? ___
• virtue, moral, health, wife, aquit, enemy, print,
  minimal, white, free, read, glory.

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a. ____________ -al ? ___
b. ____________ -ous? ___
c. ____________ -ify ? ___
d. ____________ -ful ? ___
e. ____________ -ity ? ___
f. ____________ -en ? ___
virtue
moral
health
wife
aquit
enemy
print
minimal
white
free
read
glory
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g. ____________ -dom ? ___
h. ____________ -able ? ___
i. a- ____________ ? ___
j. ex- ____________ ? ___
k. sub- ____________ ? ___
l. re- ____________ ? ___
moral
wife
print
minimal
free
read
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Derivational Morphology
There are other possibilities
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Derivational Morphology
including some dubious, but potential, ones
The crux of the matter is that derivational
morphology is only partly subject to
generalization