Phonology vs. Morphology – Flashcards

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Phonology
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study of the smallest contrastive units of language.
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Morphology
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the study of the smallest meaningful units in language and how those meaningful units are used to build new words or signs.
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Morpheme
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in language, the smallest unit that carries meaning.
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Free Morpheme
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The word can be alone. ie: week
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Bound Morpheme
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can combine to create new meanings. ie: (ASL) three-week and two-dollar
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Stems p.333
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the part of a word to which affixes are added. ie: returns< -s is added to return
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Afflixation
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the process of adding bound morphemes to other forms to create new units.
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Affixes
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parts added to the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix) of a root word to create new words.
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Derivational Morphology p. 110
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the process that creates new words by adding certain suffixes or prefixes (derivational morphemes) to existing words (such as dance + er = dancer; sad + ness = sadness).
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Inflectional Morphology
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process of adding grammatical information to units that alredy exist. ie: cat>cats
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