english does have a (rude/taboo) infix: the expletive intensifier –freakin-ex: Ala-freaking-bamabase- is any form to which an affix is added, a base may also be the root, or it may be a root plus one or more affixesex: blackened – black/en/ed – 3 morphemesblack is the root and the baseLinguis 101 1nd Edition Lecture 14Current LectureMorphologyMorphology- the system of categories and rules involved in word formationMorpheme- the smallest meaningful unit of language Dog –s , act- ive, read – er, Word- the smallest meaningful unit of language that can stand alone (that is free) Words A word may be simplex or complex Simplex word- word consisting of one morpheme Ex: dog, the, act, to, tacoComplex word- word consisting of two or more morphemes Ex: dog/s (two morphemes) , de/act/iv/at/ion (five morphemes) Morphemes A morpheme may be free or bound Free morpheme- morpheme that is a word (can stand alone) Ex: dog, act, the Bound morpheme- morpheme that can’t stand alone (has to be attached to another morpheme) – suffixes and prefixes -s in dogs , -de in deactivateparts of a word: roots and affixes every word consists of at least one root, plus optional affixesroot- constitutes the semantic core of the word, has a lexical category (verb, noun, adj.)bound roots in English, most roots are free morphemes, but in English may have some bound roots: ex: receive – “ceive” = knowsome other languages have even more bound roots affixes- are bound morphemes that may be added to a root to modify its meaning and or lexical category ex: dog-s , de-humid-ifi-er’always bound types of affixes prefix- attached to the front (left) of a base suffix- attached to the end (right) of a basecircumfix- a discontinuous morpheme attached surrounding a base These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.infix- attached inside another morpheme ex: in tagalog basa means to read, an infix would be binasa which means to have read english does have a (rude/taboo) infix: the expletive intensifier–freakin-- ex: Ala-freaking-bama - base- is any form to which an affix is added, a base may also be the root, or it may bea root plus one or more affixes o ex: blackened – black/en/ed – 3 morphemes black is the root and the
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