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    The document discusses word morphology and the formation of new words through the addition of affixes. It provides the example word "pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism" and breaks it down into its constituent morphemes. The key points made in the document are: 1) New words can be formed by adding affixes, which are prefixes, suffixes, or combinations of the two, to word roots or bases. 2) There are rules for adding affixes: generally no more than one prefix and one inflectional suffix, with possible multiple derivational suffixes in between. 3) Derivation is the formation of new words through affixation, while inflection is the addition of

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    The document discusses word morphology and the formation of new words through the addition of affixes. It provides the example word "pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism" and breaks it down into its constituent morphemes. The key points made in the document are: 1) New words can be formed by adding affixes, which are prefixes, suffixes, or combinations of the two, to word roots or bases. 2) There are rules for adding affixes: generally no more than one prefix and one inflectional suffix, with possible multiple derivational suffixes in between. 3) Derivation is the formation of new words through affixation, while inflection is the addition of

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    The document discusses word morphology and the formation of new words through the addition of affixes. It provides the example word "pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism" and breaks it down into its constituent morphemes. The key points made in the document are: 1) New words can be formed by adding affixes, which are prefixes, suffixes, or combinations of the two, to word roots or bases. 2) There are rules for adding affixes: generally no more than one prefix and one inflectional suffix, with possible multiple derivational suffixes in between. 3) Derivation is the formation of new words through affixation, while inflection is the addition of

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    FIND WORD WHICH HAS AS MANY

    MORPHEMES AS POSSIBLE
    Pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism: False
    opposition to the separation of church and of the
    state.
    Pseudo-: fa ls e
    Anti-: a g a ins t
    Dis-: no t
    Establish:
    -Ment: the a c tio n/p ro c e s s o f …
    -Arian: p e rs o n
    -Ism: be lie f…
     WORD CAN BE MADE
    LONGER BY ADDING
    AFFIXES
    STRUCTURE OF WORD

    No more than There may be No more than 1


    1 prefix more than 1 inflectional
    (which is derrivational suffix; usually
    always suffixes comes last in
    derrivational) the word
    Examples:
    -Tra ns p o rte rs
    tra ns : prefix (across, through, beyond)
    p o rt: bound base (carry)
    e r: derrivational suffix (person)
    s : inflectional suffix (plural)
    -Inte rna tio na liz e d
    na tio n: free base
    inte r: prefix (among, between)
    a l: derivational suffix (belong to)
    iz e : derivational suffix (make)
    e d : inflectional suffix (past/past participle)
    -Unve rba liz e d
    -Find ing s
    DERIVATION
     The formation of new words by adding affixes (class
    changing or class maintaining) to words or morphemes

    Base(root) + derivational affix(es)  New derived word

     Derivational paradigm:
    A set of related words composed of the same base
    morpheme and all the derivational affixes that can go
    with this base

    Ex: child , childhood, childlike, childish, childishness,


    childishly, childless, childlessness
    Inflection
    The process of adding an affix ( suffix) to a word to
    change its form according to grammar rules.

    Stem + inflectional suffix  inflected forms of one


    and the same word

    Inflectional paradigm:
    A set of related words composed of the same stem
    and all the inflectional suffixes that can go with this
    stem.
    Ex: child , children, child’s, children’s
    Derivational/ Inflectional
    paradigm
    Man
     man, manly,  man, men, man’s.
    manliness, unman, men’s
    subman, reman,
    superman, manlike,
    manlikeness
    Large
     large, largely,  large, larger, largest
    enlarge, largish,
    largesse, enlargement,
    enlarger
    Analyse these words:
    Unfrie nd line s s
    Info rm a lity
    How are they formed? Which affixes
    are added first to the base…?
     The process of adding affixes to
    make new words
     IC-diagrams

    Un friend li ness
    WORD IMMEDIA TE CONSTITUENTS (IC)

    To analyse the structure of a word, we must


    base on its hierarchical constituents (which
    means that a constituent of a word can be a
    constituent of another constituent of that
    word) .
    What are IC’s?
    Any of the 2 meaningful parts forming a
    larger linguistic unit.
    WORD IMMEDIA TE CONSTITUENTS

    How to divide a word into IC’s?


    The first cut is b/w the inflectional suffix (if
    any) and the rest of the word.
    The IC’s should be free forms, having
    meaning on their own.
    The meaning of the IC’s should be related to
    the meaning of the word
    WORD IMMEDIA TE CONSTITUENTS/ EX A MPLES

    Discover (v): to find or learn sth new…

    discover * discover
    dis cover discov er(person who…)
    (not) (put sth on sth to protect it)

    * discover * discover
    dis cover disc over
    (not) cov er (CD) (above; across)
    WORD IMMEDIA TE CONSTITUENTS
    Examples:

    inte rna tio na liz e d

    inte rna tio na liz e ed

    inte rna tio na l iz e

    inte r na tio na l

    na tio n a l

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