Word PHRASE phoneme SENTENCE SUFFIX PHRASE CLAUSE PART OF SPEECH UTTERANCE MICRO-LINGUISTICS Language allophone prefix Macro-linguistics dictionary LEXICON Smallest language unit
Parts of speech/Word Classes • Function VS Content Words – Nouns – Verbs – Adjectives – Adverbs – Determiners – Pronouns – Conjunctions – Exclamations – Prepositions NB: You can visit: https: //en. oxforddictionari es. com/grammar/wordclasses-or-parts-ofspeech
Parts of speech/Word Classes WIDE MARRY A/AN TERRIBLE COMPUTER AND THIS/THAT SUCH KNOWN SOME GIRL SEEN TASTE GOOD GINGER MUCH LATELY PORTRAIT BUT DETERMINED
Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions Tasks of Morphology? Morphology VS Word Formation Morphe- (form, shape, Greek origin) Morpheme Morph is it the same phenomenon?
Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions Morpheme Morph is it the same phenomenon? - morpheme – the smallest language unit (conveying meaning) - morph – physical representation of a morpheme
Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions Morpheme Morph - number of morphemes and morphs can be equal, e. g. DESK – DESKS 1 morph, 1 morpheme (phys. represent, 1 meaning) 2 morphs, 2 morphemes (2 phys. represent, 2 meanings)
Morphology – Its Main tasks & notions Morpheme Morph - number of morphemes and morphs can be different, e. g. MAN – MEN 1 morph, 1 morpheme (phys. represent, 1 meaning) 1 morph, 2 morphemes (1 phys. represent, 2 meanings)