Morphology

Amany Haroun AlKhayat

MA AUC
Adapted from: The study of Language (Yule)
Course: ENG132
What is Morphology?
- word-like elements
- basic forms in language
The study of forms
Linguistics elements: morphemes
MORPHEMES
A minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function
Free and bound morphemes
Free: open and tour

Bound: re-, -ist, -ed.

Consider these words. Which are bound and which are
free
Careful carelessness detangle uncover uselessness
nonsensical anticonstitutionalism
Lexical and functional morphemes
Lexical : girl, man, tiger, follow, break

Functional: above, and, that, it, them

Derivational and inflectional morphemes
Derivational?

Inflectional?
P.64
Morphological description
Problems in morphological description
Morphology
Morphs and allomorphs
Other languages
Kanuri Ganda Ilucano Tagalog