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| How to build Morphological Trees |
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1) Identify morphemes in a word 2) Identify a stem 3) Combine two parts and check whether the resulting word is a possible English word 4) Identify a head that determines the category 5) Combine it with another morpheme |
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| The head goes on the right, the head determines meaning and function of a word. |
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How does word structure change meaning? Example, the two meanings of UNLOCKABLE |
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[unlock]able un[lockable] whether you start with unlock or lockable first, the meaning changes |
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| How are prefixes different from suffixes in terms of determining word category? How does "un" differ from "ly" in "un-god-ly" |
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Prefixes don't change word category Suffixes do |
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| What is the difference between endocentric and exocentric compounds? |
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Endocentric there is an identifiable head and the right stem determines both the category and what the compound is about Example: [[fire]manN] [[green]housen] Exocentric: Head cannot be found within this compound and its category is determined from the outside Example: red neck, makeup, blackout |
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| How does the assignment of stress differ in compounds and in syntactic combinations? |
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In compounds - stress is on the left In Syntactic combinations - it depends |
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