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DELTA Module 1: Word Formation

Terms in this set (8)

clipping
chopping a bit off a word to make it shorter: advertisement ---> advert
abbreviation
similar to clipping but also making initials and reading them individually: USA BBC
acronym
initials make a word: AIDS, DELTA, scuba (self contained underwater breathing apparatus)
derivational bound morpheme
Used to derive new words
-often changes word class
-makes considerable semantic changes to the word
-may be prefixes or suffixes
Examples: modernISE OVERexcited DIShonest
inflexional bound morpheme
Purely grammatical - ALL SUFFIXES
-help word agree with its grammatical context:
-tense
-number
-person
-comparative/superlative
-minimal change in meaning
Examples: workED catS walkING fastER
allomorphs
Different surface realisations of the same morpheme
When a morpheme is pronounced a different way but does the same thing.
Example: past simple -ed endings:
watched | wɒtʃt |
wanted | ˈwɒntɪd |
called | kɔːld |
bound morpheme
smallest, meaningful grammatical unit in a language
cannot stand alone - must be BOUND to a root morpheme
All prefixes and suffixes
beautiFUL
UNimportant
free (root) morpheme
a part of a word that is a word in its own right, can stand alone: car, treat, cat
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