ASSIGNMENT IV A
Oct
11th 2011
1.Make example morpheme:
v A morpheme:
Hope,sing
,and teach
v Two
morpheme:
-self =>selfish (self+ -ish)
-use=>useless(use+ - less)
v
Three morpheme:
-hope=>hopefully(hope+-ful+-ly)
-hope=>hopelessly(hope+-less+-ly)
v
Four morpheme:
-interchange=>interchangebility(inter+change+-able+-ity)
-happy=>unhappinessly(-un+happy+-ness+-ly)
v
More than four morpheme:
-inter=>internationalization(inter+nation+-al+-iza+-ion)
2.Make example of:
·
Free morpheme :
Happy
, self ,and hope
·
Bound morpheme
-noun
-> adjective: boy=boyish (boy+-ish)
Child=childish(child+-ish)
-verb
-> noun = do=doer(do+-er)
Cut=cutter(cut+-er)
-adjective->verb=hope=hopely(hope+-ly)
Perfect=perfectly(perfect+-ly)
ASSIGNMENT
V.
1.
What is definition of:
a)
Pullet surprises that speakers of a language know the morphemes of that
language and rules for words formation is shown as much by “errors” made as by
nondeviant form produced.
Examples:
Word
|
Definition students
|
-Bibliography
-homogeneous
|
Holy geography
Devoted to home like
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b) Word
Coinage the product
name has changed into the name of the object.
Examples: Aqua and outbound
c)
Compounds
the word may be formed by stringing together other words to create com[ounds
word.
Examples: photocopy (noun+noun)
Housewife
(noun+noun)
d) Acronyms as are words derived from the initials of several
words.
Examples: FIFA(Federation International of Football Association)
WHO(World
Health Organization)
e)
Blends the
words almost same with the compounds.
Examples: brunch(breakfast and lunch)
Cyborg
(cybermetic and organism)
f)
Back-Formation new words may be formed from already existing words by “substracting”
an affix thought to be part of the old words.
Singular "sastruga", plural "sastrugi" (from
Russian): new Latin-type singular "sastrugus" has been used
sometimes.
g)
Extending Words Formations new words may be formed from already existing
wordswhich appear to be analyzable-that is, composed of more than one morpheme.
Examples: actlaction
Revise
h) Abrevations An abbreviation
(from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened
form of a word or phrase. Usually, but
not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase.
Examples: Dr. (doctor)
Prof(Professor)
i)
Words from Name the words used to commemorate the services of its discoverer.
Examples: watts
Ohm