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MORPHOLOGY

WHAT   IS MORPHOLOGY ?  

Morphology is the study of word structure to see how words are formed → to study the processes of word formation. English words are morphologically complex.
1. Many English words are indivisible units of meaning because they are morphologically simple. ( Ex: the, desk, eat, fee, ... )
2. Many English words can not be   segmented or divided up into smaller units that are themselves meaningful. (Ex: mosquito → can't be divided as : mos / quito,) complex   can't be divided as : com/ plex, ...)

UNIT 1
MORPHEMES

A. DEFINITION:   a morpheme → a word or part of a word           lexical meaning
                                                                      grammatical meaning
Ex:
teach     → 1 morpheme
teacher   → 2 morphemes
teachers → 3 morphemes
Explain: → smallest   meaningful   unit   in a language.

Test: How many morphemes are there? Explain the statement.
common   →   ?
smaller   →   ?
meanings →   ?
unexpectedly →   ?
internationalized →   ?

B. MORPHEMES, PHONEMES, SYLLABLES, WORDS.
1. Morphemes   vs   phonemes:
Morphemes → meaning
Phonemes     → no meaning
Ex 1: * She sings a nice song
  → morpheme → meaning   → to indicate “the third person”
        * speak,   consist, this → phonemes
Ex 2: * rainy  
→ morpheme → suffix → to form the Adj
* yellow, lawyer,   happy   → phonemes
2. Morphemes   vs   syllables
→ 1 morpheme may have 1 syllable or more syllables.
Ex: eat, cat, tea, …  
pattern, reason, contact, …
animal,   bungalow, banana, …

3.   Morphemes   vs   words
A word may be composed of 1 or more morphemes.
Ex: rain → 1 m
rainy → 2 m
developments → 3m

C. HOMEWORK
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1. Find 3 words with one morpheme.
2. Find 3 words with   two morphemes.
3. Find 3 words with three morphemes.
4. Exercise III.1 /Textbook / p.26
5. Exercise III.2 /Textbook/ p.26

4. Exercise III.1 /Textbook / p.26
How many morphemes are there in each word ?

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