GENERAL LINGUISTIC

PRESENTED BY:

• LEIDY YURANI POVEDA• EDUAR FERNEY GIRALDO SANCHEZ

THE CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS DERIVATION & INFLECTION

THE CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS

MORPHOLOGY

Structure Word formation

Morpheme

Morpheme

Sound unit Meaning Unit

Smallest unit of

language

The words are formed in relation to elements of meaning or morphemes.

Morpheme is the most elemental grammatical unit in the given language. A single word may be composed of one or more morpheme.

• One morpheme :boy

• Two morphemes: boyish

• Three morphemes:disagreeable

THE CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS

CLASSIFICATION OF MORPHEMES

Free Morphemes- rootsIf morpheme is able to appear as a Word by itself.

Bound Morphemes/ affixesIf morpheme can only appear as part of a larger, multo-morphemic.

Stem (root, base): The morpheme to which other morphemes are added

StemFree (e.g.teacher, dresses,unkind

Bound (e.g inept, unkempt)

Stem & Affix

Stem : Carries the basic meaning

Affixes /attachments carry additional, often gramatical meanings.

KINDS OF AFFIXES

Suffixes: are attached to the end of the stem;

Prefixes: are attached to the front of the stem;

Infixes: are put in the middle of the Word;

Ablaut: Is a change in a vowel that carries extra meaning.

SUFFIXES ARE THE MOST COMMON E.G.

The past tense : matter of adding – ed to the stem;

The present participle is made by adding – ing:

The plural of noun is made by adding – s.

AFFIX

Prefix e.g Unhappy

Infix e.g Mother – in – law

Suffix e.g Happiness

Ablaut e.g. Sing Sang

DERIVATION & INFLECTION Are two funtional categories of change in

morphology.

DERIVATIONIs the process of forming new words.Example. Happiness, Unhappiness

INFLECTIONIs the modification suffering a lexeme to express its position.Example:Write, wrote, written. fat, fatter, fattest

AFFIXES

AFFIXES: Is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word.

Undo: prefixe. Looking. Suffixe. Derivational: blessedness. Inflectional: studied

Prefixes: A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word

Unhappy. Immoral. Preview.

suffixes

Suffixes: Is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word.

 

Opened:  where the suffix -ed marks the past tense.

Goes: where the suffix es marks the third person singular.

PREFIXES

If we add a prefixes we get adjectives un, nouns ness and adverbs ly.

Adjective: unlike.

Noun: illness. Adverb: frecuently.

CO-EVALUATE

EDUAR FERNEY GIRALDO SANCHEZ

My partner was dedicated in the performance of work, we stayed in touch with chat, cell phone and Skype. Similarly, we work on the activity at the same time and listen to the views and suggestions to improve the work.

Contribution : 4 points  Cooperation :4 points On task: 4 points Communication: 4 points 

Total points: 16 Your grade : 5

LEIDY POVEDA 

My classmate work responsibly in the realization of this presentation. We were in contact us through various means. We share experience and accept suggestions.

Contribution : 4 points  Cooperation :4 points 

On task: 4 points Communication: 4 points 

Total points: 16 Your grade : 5

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !