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Morphology, Part 2. HU2910 Summer 2011. Morphology & language types. Analytic (Isolating) use unattached, separate morphemes no prefixes or suffixes (examples written in the International Phonetic Alphabet) from The Language Files by Ohio State U. (2004) .
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Morphology, Part 2 HU2910 Summer 2011
Morphology & language types Analytic (Isolating) use unattached, separate morphemes no prefixes or suffixes (examples written in the International Phonetic Alphabet) from The Language Files by Ohio State U. (2004)
Morphology: language typology Analytic (Isolating) use isolated morphemes no prefixes or suffixes e.g., Mandarin Chinese [wø m\n tan tçin l\] I PL. play piano PAST ‘We played the piano.’
Morphology: language typology Synthetic - Agglutinating - Fusional - Polysynthetic
Morphology: language typology Synthetic - Agglutinating • affixes easily separated from base • each one has generally one meaning
Morphology: language typology Synthetic - Agglutinating e.g., Hungarian [ø se:k- ´d ø ha:z-unk-bøn vøn] the chair-your the house-our- in is ‘Your chair is in our house.’
Morphology: language typology Synthetic - Fusional • affixes fused by phonological processes • not easily separated into separate forms or meanings
Morphology: language typology Synthetic - Fusional e.g., Russian [tßita- j´t] read- 3/SG/PRES. ‘S/he is reading.’
Morphology: language typology Synthetic - Polysynthetic • several stems and affixes combined into one word • usually a verb + nouns • may = a whole sentence
Morphology: language typology Synthetic - Polysynthetic e.g., Sora (India) [µ´n - \dΩ- dΩa- dar- si- \m ] I not receive cooked-rice hand you(sg.) ‘I will not receive cooked rice from your hands.’
How do we get new words? Create (based on internal resources) Beg, borrow, steal? English is very accepting of new words. Word formation processes (WFP)
WFP 1) Affixation Derivational Inflectional unfaxable faxed misfax faxes faxing
WFP 2) Zero Derivation (also calledConversion) Noun > Derived Verb father father butter ship nail
WFP 3) Stress Shift Verb > Derived Noun subjéct súbject contést cóntest survéy súrvey recórd récord
WFP 4) Compounding (may be with or without space or hyphen; note characteristic shift to first syllable stress) fire + fly / / > firefly / \ lady + bug > ladybug air + conditioner > air conditioner self+determination > self-determination black + board > blackboard
WFP 5) Clipping (Note that class of word does not change: a Noun stays a Noun.) taxicabriolet > taxi, cab professor > prof mathematics > math
WFP 6) Acronyms (pronounceable; contrast with alphabetic intitalizations: USA, RCA, IBM) NASA NATO radar sonar scuba
WFP 6) Acronyms NASA:National Aeronautics & Space Administration NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization radar: RAdio Detection And Ranging sonar: SOund Naviation And Ranging scuba: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
WPF 7) Blends smoke + fog > smog breakfast + lunch > brunch “portmanteau” words from Lewis Carroll: gyre, gimble chortle < chuckle + snort
WPF 8) Backformation (based on analogy, “folk etymology”: assumption that a shorter morpheme is contained within a longer word; usually a change of category) revision : revise :: television : _____
WPF 8) Backformation enthusiasm > enthuse donation > donate editor > edit orientation > orient (Brit. orientate) (Note: problem with current speakers: not knowing history of words)
WPF 9) Onomatopoeia (iconic sounds; “Batman words”) whoosh bang buzz splat
Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias • Ideophone/phonosemantic
WPF 10) Suppletion (irregular paradigm) go, went (not goed)
WPF 10) Suppletion (irregular paradigm) go, went (not goed) < past tense of wend am, is, are, was, were
WPF 11) Reduplication beri-beri, Walla Walla (but note more frequent change of one+ vowel or consonant sound in English) hum-drum, mumbo-jumbo helter-skelter, see-saw
WPF 12) Eponyms (Proper Names) Caesar > kaiser, czar (tzar) boycott lynch watt guppy
Sand+wich • (n.) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players. • (n.) A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.
WPF 13) Coinage (see especially product names) Kodak Exxon Brillo Jello
WFP 14) Folk (false) etymology ham-burger (compare cheese-burger, taco-burger...) -aholic -gate -scam
WFP 15) Alternation (Ablaut) (replacement of one V or C for another) Verb > Derived Noun abide sell breathe sing/sang/sung
WFP 15) Alternation (Ablaut) (replacement of one V or C for another) Verb > Derived Noun abide abode sell sale breathe breath sing/sang/sung song
WFP 16) Stranded Morpheme uncouth (no couth) inept (no ept) unkempt (no kempt)
WPF 17) Borrowing (from foreign languages; sounds often nativized to English pronunciation rules) rouge, hors d’oeuvres tornado, taco vodka dandelion (from Fr. dents de lion)