Lecture 17Morphology part 3Creating wordsMorphological processes used to form wordsAffixationCompoundingReduplicationVowel alternationSuppletionAffixationForm a words by adding a bound affix to base. The base may be a free or bound root, or a complex wordTravel + -s  travelsDe- + -ceive deceiveAffixation in ASLAgreement in spoken language and sign languageCompoundsForm a new word by combining two existing free wordsGreen (A) + house (N)  greenhouseDry (A) + clean (V) drycleanSpelling of compoundsEnglish orthography is not consistent in spelling compoundsGirlfriendLandlordTests for compounds: stressSome compounds can be distinguished from phrases by stress:Compound- stress typically on first componentPhrase- stress on second component, or bothTests for compounds: inflection & adverbsInflectional affixes cannot be attached to the first member of a compound. Inflection must be added to the word as a wholeAn adverb cannot modify an adjective inside a compoundReduplicationForm a new word by copying and repeating all or part of a baseTotal reduplication- repeat the entire basePartial reduplication- repeat part of a baseAlternation(internal change) form a new word by substituting one non-morphemic segment for anothersing (present)  sang (past)suppletionirregular word formation process where a morpheme is replaced with an entirely different formgo (present)  went (past)good  better (comparative)LINGUIS 101 1st Edition Lecture 17 Morphology part 3Creating words -Morphological processes used to form words oAffixationoCompounding oReduplicationoVowel alternation oSuppletionAffixation -Form a words by adding a bound affix to base. The base may be a free or bound root, or a complex word oTravel + -s  travels oDe- + -ceive deceive -Affixation in ASL -Agreement in spoken language and sign language Compounds -Form a new word by combining two existing free words oGreen (A) + house (N)  greenhouse oDry (A) + clean (V) dryclean-Spelling of compounds oEnglish orthography is not consistent in spelling compounds Girlfriend Landlord-Tests for compounds: stress oSome compounds can be distinguished from phrases by stress: Compound- stress typically on first component Phrase- stress on second component, or both -Tests for compounds: inflection & adverbsoInflectional affixes cannot be attached to the first member of a compound. Inflection must be added to the word as a wholeoAn adverb cannot modify an adjective inside a compound Reduplication -Form a new word by copying and repeating all or part of a base -Total reduplication- repeat the entire base -Partial reduplication- repeat part of a base Alternation -(internal change) form a new word by substituting one non-morphemic segment for another osing (present)  sang (past) suppletion-irregular word formation process where a morpheme is replaced with an entirely different form ogo (present)  went (past) ogood  better (comparative)