The Study of Language 1. Origins of language: Bow wow theory: mensen deden de geluiden van dieren na. Het geluid wat ze hoorden zo werd het object genoemd. Onomatopoeia: words containing sounds similar to the noises they describe (v.b. bang‚ cuckoo‚ dus woorden die klinken als geluiden) [pic] The human brain is not only large relative human size but also lateralized. (lateralized: divided into a left side and a right side‚ with control of functions on one side or the other) Innateness
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LANGUAGE LEVELS AND THEIR BASIC UNITS Language is a system of units which are usually divided into segmental and super-segmental units. Segmental units include phonemes syllables‚ morphemes‚ words‚ phrases and sentences. Super-segmental units don’t exist by themselves. They are actualized together with segmental units. Super-segmental units include accent‚ intonation patterns‚ patterns of word order and pauses. Taking into consideration segmental units any language may be represented
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PREFIX‚ SUFFIX‚ AFFIX‚ INFLECTIONAL & DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY‚ DENOTATIVE & CONNOTATIVE MEANING A affix - an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root‚ stem‚ or word‚ or in the body of a word‚ to modify its meaning. a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word. A prefix goes at the beginning. A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning. A suffix goes at the end of a word. A suffix is a group of letters placed at the end
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Morphological Analysis: 3 morphs blame/storm/ing Morphemic Analysis: 3 morphemes {BLAME} + {STORM} + {gerund} Word category: Noun Etymology: < blame n. + storming n.‚ after brainstorming n.. Definition: The process of investigating the reasons for a failure and of apportioning blame‚ esp. by means of discussion or debate.[1] Meatspace: Morphological Analysis: 2 morphs meat/space Morphemic Analysis: 2 morphemes {MEAT} + {SPACE} Word Category: Noun Etymology: < meat n
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landmark in the field of word-formation 13 CHAPTER TWO: WORD STRUCTURE AND LEXEME-FORMATION FEATURES 20 II.1. The linguistic sign. What is a word? 20 II.1.1. The equivocal interpretation of ‘Word’ 21 II.2. Classification and structure of morphemes 23 II.2.1. Roots‚ stems‚ bases 25 II.3. The lexical side of word-formation 27 II.3.1. Established and potential words 27 II.3.2. Word-formation processes - their status and role as word-building mechanisms 27 CHAPTER THREE: PRODUCTIVITY
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NPM : 10420222 MORPHOPHONEMIC TYPES Morphemes may have more than one variant in different environments‚ we can have another definition of morpheme‚ i.e. a morpheme is a group of allomorphs which have similar meaning or show semantic similarity‚ and are in complementary distribution. The change in form from the base into other allomorphs is called ‘morphophonemic’ change or alternation‚ while the study of morphophonemic change of morphemes in different environment is called‚ as mentioned
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unit of level: 1.phoneme; 2.morpheme 3.word form 4.phrasyme(phrase) 5.proposeme(sentence) 6.texteme(text) Meaning and function: 1.No meaning; differential function; 2.Abstract meaning; significative function; 3.Nominative; 4.Nominative/poly-nominative; 5.predication; 6.Forms a textual unity. Every lover level takes into account previous ones. The morphological system of the language reviews its properties through the morphemic structure of words. 2. Morpheme - the smallest linguistic unit
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Word formation From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia In linguistics‚ word formation is the creation of a new word. Word formation is sometimes contrasted with semantic change‚ which is a change in a single word’s meaning. The boundary between word formation and semantic change can be difficult to define: a new use of an old word can be seen as a new word derived from an old one and identical to it in form (see conversion). Word formation can also be contrasted with the formation of idiomatic expressions
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The Relevance of English Morphology and Syntax in Mastering English as English Teacher To be a good English teacher‚ we have to firstly master all aspects of that language‚ including how to form a new word as discussed in morphology and how to make a correct and meaningful sentence as discussed in syntax. Morphology and syntax are two branches of linguistics. Referring to Matthews (1991: 3)‚ morphology is a term for that branch of linguistics which is concerned with the “forms of words” in different
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References: Akande‚ A. T.(2001) “Learners Competence versus Morphological Appropriateness in the Acquisition of English.” Ife Studies in English Language 5 (36-45) Akande‚ A. T. (2003) “Acquisition of the Inflectional Morphemes by Nigerian Learners of English Language.” Nordic Journal of African Studies 12:3: 310-326. Alonso‚ Roberto. (2009) “Morphological Processes Feeding in the Formation of Old English Nouns” Babalola‚ E Bauer‚ Laurie. (2007). The Linguistics Student’s
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