Morphology (Review exercises)

1. Morphology(Review exercises) LI 2013 Nathalie F. Martin

2. Morphemes Words: simple or complex? Morphemes: Free or bound?

3. Question #1, p.139 O’Grady,2009 Are these words simple or complex? Circle the bound morphemes. Fly  Simple, no bm Desks  Complex, -s Untie  Complex, un- Tree  Simple, no bm Dislike  Complex, dis- Fly Desks Untie Tree Dislike O’Grady, 2009

4. Question #1, p.139 O’Grady,2009 Are these words simple or complex? Circle the bound morphemes. Dislike  Complex, dis- Reuse  Complex, re- Triumphed  Complex, -ed Delight  Simple, no bm Justly  Complex, -ly Dislike Reuse Triumphed Delight Justly O’Grady, 2009

5. Question #1, p.91-92, Rowe & Levine Tele (b) + phone (f) In (b) + firm (f) Farm (f) Re (b) + form (f) + er (b) + s (b) Ranch (f) + er (b) + s (b) Telephone Infirm Farm Reformers Ranchers Put a plus (+) sign between morphemes. Label each as bound (b) or free (f) Rowe & Levine, 2012

6. Question #1, p.91-92, Rowe & Levine Act (f) + or (b) In (b)+access(f)+ibil(b)+ity(b) Duck (f) + ling (b) + s (b) Count (f) + ess (b) Boyen (b) + berry (f) Put a plus (+) sign between morphemes. Label each as bound (b) or free (f) Actor Inaccessibility Ducklings Countess Boysenberry Rowe & Levine, 2012

7. Lexical Categories

8. Exercise: Word class • betterment • the • him • elegant • inconvenience • eloquently • comply • inasmuch as • over Determine the word class of each of the following words. Is it a content word of a function word? Noun Determiner Pronoun Adjective Noun Adverb Verb Conjunction Preposition

9. Compound Words

10. Question #1, part B, p.92-93, Rowe & Levine Determine the lexical category of these compound word. • NOUN NOUN • ADJ NOUN • NOUN NOUN • NOUN NOUN • ADJ NOUN • PREP PREP • PREP NOUN Textbook Hot dog Beachcomer Bunkhouse Blacktop Into Forerunner Rowe & Levine, 2012

11. Question #1, part B, p.92-93, Rowe & Levine Determine the lexical category of these compound word. • VERB PREP • VERB NOUN • VERB NOUN • ADV VERB • ADJ ADJ Takeover Crybaby Workman Downshift Empty-handed Rowe & Levine, 2012

12. Affixation and Trees

13. Analyzing Word Structure Underline the root. Payment Spiteful Suite Fastest Deform Disobey Circle the affix. Preplan Optionality Prettier Mistreat Premature And draw their tree structure.

14. Analyzing Word Structure Underline the root. Payment Spiteful Suite Fastest Deform Disobey Circle the affix. Preplan Optionality Prettier Mistreat Premature And draw their tree structure.

15. Word Structure - Trees • Draw the trees. a) b) Reference: O’Grady & al. (2009)

16. Correction of last week’shomework Draw the tres. c) Reference: O’Grady & al. (2009)

17. Bound Morphemes:Inflectional or Derivational?

18. Describe the italic affixes: • impossible • terrorized • terrorize • desks • dislike • humanity • fastest Derivational prefix Inflectional suffix Derivational suffix Inflectional suffix Derivational prefix Derivational suffix Inflectional suffix

19. Describe the italic affixes: premature untie darken fallen oxen faster lecturer Derivational prefix Derivational prefix Derivational suffix Inflectional suffix Inflectional suffix Inflectional suffix Derivational suffix

20. Exercise 2, p.94, Rowe & Levine Place a plus (+) sign between each morpheme Label each BM as derivational (D) on inflectional (I). • BILL + ‘S (I) • RUN + ING (I) • PLAY + ER (D) * • ACT + ION (D) • ROUGH + EST (I) • COME + S (I) • FRIEND + LY (D) Bill’s Running Player Action Roughest Comes Friendly Rowe & Levine, 2012

21. Exercise 2, p.94, Rowe & Levine Place a plus (+) sign between each morpheme Label each as derivational (D) on inflectional (I). • UN (D) + FRIEND + LY (D) • LONG + ER (I) • LOVE + ABLE (D) • JUDGE + MENT (D) • BANANA • SLOW + EST (I) • QUICK + ER (I) Unfriendly Longer Loveable Judgment Banana Slowest Quicker Rowe & Levine, 2012

22. Exercise 2, p.94, Rowe & Levine Place a plus (+) sign between each morpheme Label each as derivational (D) on inflectional (I). • UN (D) + HAPPY • SEMI (D) + CIRCLE • NOBODY • AARON + ‘S (I) • BROKE + EN (D) * • BROKE + EN (I) * • HAPPY + LY (D) Unhappy Semicircle Nobody Aaron’s Broken (adj) Broken (v) Happily Rowe & Levine, 2012

23. Word Formation Process How to new Words are created

24. New Word Formation Process • Name all ten word formation processes seen in class: • Derivation • Compounding • Conversion • Clipping • Blending • Back-formation • Acronyms • Onomatopoeia • Eponyms & Trade names • Foreign word borrowing

25. SUFFIXOCATING !!! Can youfind the different affixes in this cartoon? Whatwas the wordprocessused for the word « suffixocating »

26. Complete the process and Identify the type of word formation: 1. Return on Investment  2. information, entertainment  3. modulator, demodulator  4. love, seat  5. International, police  6. A comb  7. delicatessen  8. Capt. Charles Cunningham Boycott  ROI  Infotainment  Modem  Loveseat  Interpol  To comb  Deli  Boycott  acronym blends blends compounding blends conversion clipping eponym

27. Homework - Ex 19, p. 144 Automation  automate Humid  humidifier Information, entertainment   infotainment Loveseat loveseat Progress progress Typographical error  typo Aerobics, marathon aerobathon Act deactivate Curve, ball curve ball Backformation Derivation Blending Compounding Conversion Clipping Blending Derivation Compounding O’Grady, 2009

28. Homework - Ex 19, p. 144 Perambulator pram (the) comb comb (your hair) Beef, buffalo beefalo Randomaccessmemory RAM Megabyte meg Teleprinter, exchanger telex Influenza flu GST Goods and Services Tax Clipping Conversion Blend Acronym Clipping Blend Clipping Initialism O’Grady, 2009

29. Let’sinventwords! Invent words that don’t already exist in English, and then define the process that was used to creat this word.

30. Overall Review

31. Morphology Invent a word using this root : VACUUM • by adding a prefix to this base (make sure that there are no constrains to the combination). • And then adding a suffix. • Draw the structure (tree) of the two words that you have just created. • What are the lexical categories of these words?