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Linguistics
week 9 AND 10
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Language - Other
Undergraduate 1
06/06/2008

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Term

1st Principle of morpological analysis:

I. Forms with the ____  ____ and the
_____ _____ shape in all their
occurrences are instances of the _____ _____.
 

Definition
I. Forms with the same meaning and the
same sound shape in all their
occurrences are instances of the same
morpheme.
Term

2nd principle of morphological analysis

 II. Forms with the _____ ____ but
different ____ ____ may be
instances of the _____ _____ if their
distributions do not overlap.
analysis

Definition
II. Forms with the same meaning but
different sound shapes may be
instances of the same morpheme if their
distributions do not overlap.
analysis
Term

 

 

III.   Not all morphemes are _____.

Definition
III.   Not all morphemes are segmental.
Term
IV.  A morpheme may have ___ as one of
its allomorphs provided it has a _____ allomorph.
Definition
IV.  A morpheme may have zero as one of
its allomorphs provided it has a normal plural allomorph.
Term
1st principle
Definition

recurring pieces with consistent meaning/function

 

buenisimo, requisimo

 

isimo- very good, very delicious 

Term
2nd principle
Definition

Complementary distribution of allomorphs

sheets

shades

hedges

oxen, all are pluralalizing endings but are different?

Term
3rd principle
Definition

Not all morphemes are segmental

some are dependent on other morphemes to be realized

for example ifferentiating between nouns and verbs

breath n  breathe v

cloth n clothe v

 

Term
4th principle
Definition
it means that a language doesn't need to have a plural marking morpheme because the article or something else will say if it is plural

Term

 

 

typology 

Definition

 

 

first systematic method to compare the structures of languages 

Term

 

 

Agglutinating type

Definition

affixes are strung out separately

each expresses a single notion

each is easily identified

example: ? 

Term

 

Fusional languages 

 

Definition

also called  "inflective languages"

 

distinct different suffixes? 

Term
polysynthetic languages
Definition
entire sentences are expressed in a single word
Term
 isolating languages
Definition
no derivational or inflectional morphological processes
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