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An Introduction to Language

An Introduction to Language. Morphology: The Words of Language. GRAMMATICAL MORPHEMES. Examples:. He wanted her to go? Cows have walked her. The baby is crying. The baby’s diaper was changed. Inflectional Morphemes. I sail the ocean blue. He sails the ocean blue.

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An Introduction to Language

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  1. An Introduction to Language Morphology: The Words of Language

  2. GRAMMATICAL MORPHEMES

  3. Examples: • He wanted her to go? • Cows have walked her. • The baby is crying. • The baby’s diaper was changed.

  4. Inflectional Morphemes

  5. I sail the ocean blue. He sails the ocean blue. John sailed the ocean blue. John has sailed the ocean blue. John is sailing the ocean blue.

  6. English Inflectional Morphemes -s third person singular present -ed past tense -ing progressive -en past participle -s plural -’s possessive -er comparative -estsuperlative

  7. Exceptions and Suppletions

  8. Child/children • Man/men • Sheep/sheep • Criterion/criteria • Sing/sang • Bring/brought • Go/went

  9. Yesterday John hit the roof. • The sheep are in the meadow.

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