ASSIGNMENT IV A

      Oct  11^th 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

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.

               Exanples: Singular "syrinx", plural "syringes" (from Greek): new singular      “syringe" formed.

                      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

Morpheme

Assignment  II

1.   What is Morpheme?

(A meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word (such as dog) or a word element (such as the -s at the end of dogs) that can't be divided into smaller meaningful parts. Adjective:morphemic.Morphemes are commonly classified into free morphemesand bound morphemes.)

2.   Type of Morpheme:

·       Free Morpheme a morpheme that can stand alone as a word without another morpheme.  It does not need anything attached to it to make a word.

·       Bound Morpheme a sound or a combination of sounds that cannot stand alone as a word.  The s in cats is a bound morpheme, and it does not have any meaning without the free morpheme cat.

3.   Form of Morpheme:

Ø Derivational:if the stem words added by suffix that change the meaning.

·       Ex: Good=>Goodnes

·       Do=>doer

·       Direc=>directness

o  Etc

Ø Affixes  An infix is an affix that is inserted within a root. or stem.

Ø Meaning of

Suffixes are groups of letters attached to the ends of roots, words, and word groups. A suffix is an affix that is added to the end of a word that conditions its usage or meaning

Function of

 Suffixes serve a grammatical function. A suffix can indicate what part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) to which the word belongs. Suffixes can also modify and extend meaning. The following suffixes are grouped beneath the grammatical function they perform.

Examples of

• Suffixes -acy, -cy
• Noun: state or quality
• privacy: the state of being alone
• priv + acy
• infancy: the state of being a baby or young child
• in + fan + cy
• -ful
• Noun: an amount or quanity that fills
• mouthful : an amount that fills the mouth
• mouth + ful

etc

Ø Meaning of

Prefixes and suffixes were originally words themselves but they are now groups of letters added to words or to roots to create new words. Prefixes [pre (before) + fix (fasten) = fasten before] are groups of letters placed before words or roots.

Function of

 Prefixes modify or extend the meanings of words and roots. Following is a list of commonly used prefixes and sample vocabulary. A prefix (affix) is a word, or letter(s) placed at the beginning of another word (a base word) to adjust or qualify its usage or meaning.

Examples of

Prefixes a-, ac-, ad-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, as-, at- to, toward, near, in addition to

• aside (adverb): to or toward the side
• a + side
• accompany (verb): to go with someone as a companion
• ac + com + pan + y

• de- to do the opposite, to take away from
• decrease (verb): to grow smaller, to become less
• de + cre + ase

• di-, dif-, dis- apart, separate, two, opposite, not
• divide (verb): to separate into two or more parts
• di + vide
• differ (verb): to be unlike
• dif + fer

                   etc