Chapter 3 Morphology Grammar Safari xtra credit n
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Chapter 3 Morphology
Grammar Safari (xtra credit) n Find a morphemically creative word n n From a naturally occurring source Tell us: n n What the word means How you know (what each morpheme means) Tree it (we’ll see how to do this later) Example: n On next slide…
n Safari Example Word: n n Meaning: n n Bugetarian One who eats only bugs How I know Bug= “root n -etary= having to do with n -ian= one who does… n (compare “vegetarian) n Tree: Noun (Noun) Bug (root) -etary (N or Adj) -ian (N)
What’s Missing? was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate. I was furling my wieldy umbrella… when I saw her… She was a descript person… Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way. I What’s the pattern in the missing stuff?
Little Sounds Mean a Lot n What are functions of prefixes & suffixes? n n Prefixes/Suffixes = Morphemes Make a list – n n n List as many as you can in 1 minute Which morphemes change the meaning? What do the others do?
Formal Definition: Morpheme n n Smallest unit of meaning in a language Not necessarily independent Creative potential Each has only one meaning
Just Do it: Creating Words n n n Define “Blog” (noun, verb) Define “Blogger” (noun only) Create an ADJ = “like an opinionated posting” n n Create another ADJ n n “Jack always writes so __________. ” Create a NOUN = “the act of a person who blogs” n n “I don’t trust her _______ pronouncements. ” Create an ADV = “as a blogger would do something” n n “That sounds a little __________. ” “She’s doing a bit of _________” In the New York Times William Safire wrote about the “Blogiverse” What do you suppose he meant? Exercise 3. 1
Words like “Blogosphere” are: A. B. C. D. Dumb – they should always be avoided OK in comics strips – not in ‘real life’ ‘Avante Guarde’ – to be used by the daring Great – use them whenever possible
Extremely Morph-y n n Antidisestablishmentarianism How many morphemes are there? A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 D. 9 E. None of the above
Extremely Morph-y n n n Antidisestablishmentarianism Identify the morphemes… What does each morpheme mean? n n Which are bound? Which are free?
Derivational Morpheme n A morpheme which causes a word to change in meaning &/or grammatical category n (anti-dis-establish-ment-ari-an-ism) n n n n anti = meaning change dis = meaning change establish = free root ment = grammatical change (V N) ari (ary) = grammatical change (N Adj) (i)an = grammatical change (Adj N) ism = meaning change
List Some Others… n Bound Morphemes Prefix Root Suffix (No need to make real words…) n Free Morphemes (No need to make real words…)
Did You Get It? n A. B. C. D. How many morphemes are in “Unexpectedly” 1 3 5 7
Did You Get This, Too? n A. B. C. D. How many BOUND morphemes are in “Destandardize” 1 2 3 4
Tree: Unexpectedly ADV ADJ VERB Un (not) expect (verb) ed ly (past) (adj adv)
You Try It: Destandardize verb noun De (not) Stand (verb) ard (V N) ize (N V)
Do On Your Own n Outside of class… n n n Exercise 3. 2 Exercise 3. 3 Exercise 3. 4 p. 40 – 42 p. 42 The chart at the bottom of page 41 may be helpful
Find Your Own n Using your Grammar & Communication paper, find a word with: n n n At least 4 morphemes At least 2 FREE morphemes At least 2 suffix morphemes
Questions Before we move on…?
Tell Me About It… n n n Manching my swiltest fresnep all day, the tunkles are bronking to murple a set of swazzling phubren! Label the Part of Speech (POS) of the underlined words… (N, V, ADJ, ADV) What morphemes helped you decide?
Think About It n List the morphemes that we saw above n Are these derivational morphemes? n What do these morphemes do? n n n Put the morphemes on other words Put the new words in sentences Think about what you see…
Key Vocab: Inflectional Morpheme n A morpheme that marks words for grammatical class WITHOUT changing the basic meaning
Inflection In English: n Nouns Plural: ___ , Possessive: ___ n Verbs Tense/Person ___, ___ n Adj/Adv Comparative/Superlative ___, ___
English Inflectional Morphemes Function Nouns x 2 Verbs x 4 Adjectives x 2 Form Example
Inflection (FYI) n Marking a word for a grammatical class n n n n Plural Possessive Tense Contrast Gender Gram. Class Person’s Role Etc. } } English Other Languages
Did You Get It? n How many morphemes are in: The cakes were eaten A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
Did You Get It? n How many morphemes are in: The cakes were eaten A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
Did You Get It? n How many morphemes are in: The cakes were eaten A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
Did You Get It? - Challenge n How many morphemes are in photographers’ A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
Find as Many of the Eight Inflections as You Can… … in your G & C paper
Just Do It n Exercises n n 3. 5 (p. 48 -49) 3. 6 (p. 49)
What’s the function of the present tense here? A. The birds are watching the tree go away now B. It’s habitual – the tree disappears every week C. It’s currently relevant - The birds just noticed D. This example does not use the present tense
And another exercise… … related point:
I Told You Earlier n n Each morpheme as only one meaning But what about: They are kind of like… n n n dogs writes And on the flip side…. (next slide)
Allomorphs n n Readable Readability n Incredible Unbelievable n Other pairs? n
Zero Allomorph n Verb n n n I cut the cards ______ (yesterday or everyday) (another example? ) Noun n n Deer ______ (1 or ‘more than one’) (another example? )
More Funky Stuff… …on the next slide
Functional Shift n n Each of these words can fill 2 Record Cap Fly Result Seat Finish Yellow (or more) functions Heavy What functions does each word fill? How does the meaning shift for each? Now add morphemes… What can you create? Exercise 3. 7
Did You Get It? - Challenge n How many Parts of Speech (POS) can we make using morphemes added to: High A. B. C. D. 1 2 3 4 Show each POS in a sentence…
See also chart on page 55 Derivation vs. Inflection Derivation Inflection Morpheme Order 1 2 Category Change Productivity ( ) Meaning Lexical Grammatical
Find & Correct the Error n n As I read the article by Julia P. Stanley on Homosexual Slang, a lot of things came as a surprise, however something’s were familiar because of my relationship with homosexual peers. Hint: Look at inflectional morphemes
Find & Correct Again n After gathering drawings of embryonic fish, salamander, hog, calf, rabbit, and human, Haeckel discovered that they all appeared similar in the earliest stages of development. n How does morphology matter here?
Any Morphological Errors… … in your G & C paper?
Do It n Exercise 3. 11 n n Morphing & Unmorphables (p. 56) Review Exercises n pp. 57 -58 NOTE: All the exercises in the text are relevant & good – even those that aren’t listed in the slides…
For “Tomorrow” n TPQ on Chapter 3 n Begin reading Chapter 4
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