Morphology 3 Ling 400 correction singsang alternation iswas

Morphology 3 Ling 400

correction • sing/sang: alternation • is/was: suppletion

Language Types • Analytic (or Isolating) Languages one word = one morpheme Example: Chinese • Synthetic Languages one word may consist of multiple morphemes

Synthetic Languages (subtypes) Agglutinating Languages Example: Turkish, Japanese John-ga Bill-o mi-ta. John-subj Bill-obj see-PAST Fusional Languages (not easy to identify each morpheme --- bound morphemes are “fused” to the stem) Example: Spanish (see text) Polysynthetic Languages One sentence can consist of “one word” Example: Sora (spoken in India)

Turkish data

Turkish data

Turkish data Answers: a. [deniz] ‘ocean’ [de] ‘in’ [im] ‘my’ [ev] ‘house’ [e] ‘to [in] ‘of’ [el] ‘hand’ [den] ‘from [imiz] ‘our’ [di. S] ‘tooth’ [d. ZIk] ‘little’ [ler] (plural) b. noun + ‘little’ + plural + determiner + preposition (postposition to be exact) c. [eld. ZIklerimizin]

Cebuano

Cebuano • • • Questions: State the rule (in words, precisely) for deriving language names from the names of ethnic group. What type of affixation is this? • • • Answers: Insert [in] before the first vowel Affixation (infixing and prefixing)

Morphophonemic Rule Plural morpheme in English books [b. Uks], baths [b. QTs], bat [b. Qts] lids [l. Idz], pins [p. Inz], days [dez] judges [d. Z√d. Z´z], wishes [w. IS´z], kisses [k. Is´z]

Morphophonimic Rule Plural morpheme in English - Generalization [´] after sibilant Otherwise: [s] after [-voice], [z] after [+voice] Rules: (1) suffix /z/ to any noun for plurality (2) Insert [´] before the /z/ if the noun ends in a sibilant (3) /z/ [-voice] / [-voice] ___

Morphophonemic Rule This is a phonological process but is morphologically conditioned. It is sometimes referred to as a morphophonemic rule/process. Why? The rule applies only when /z/ indicates plurality: peace [pis] vs. peas [piz] race [®e. Is] vs. rays [®e. Iz] rice [®AIs ] vs. ryes [®AIz ]

Analysis of English words How many morphemes? denationalization

Analysis of English words 5 morphemes structure? N de-nation-al-iza-tion whole word: N

N V V Adj pref N suf suf de- nation -al -ize -tion

Analysis of English words Simplification -- How many morphemes? Simpl(e)-fy-cation 3 Similar example: modifi(y) - cation N V N simpli suf -fi suf -cation