Derivational Affixation

nation N

nation al ADJ

nation al ize V

nation al iz ation N

inter national iz ation N

Productive Affixes

-able V+able V ADJ

-ness ADJ+ness ADJ N

-er V+er V N

un- un+ADJ ADJ ADJ

-ity ADJ+ity ADJ N

-th ADJ+th ADJ N

-en ADJ+en ADJ V

Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2003. An Introduction to Language. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, pp. 88-90.

Accidental Derivational Gaps

permit commit transmit

permission commission transmission

permissive commissive transmissive

permissible commissible transmissible

impermissible (incommissible) intransmissible

(permissioner) commissioner (transmissioner)

(permittal) committal transmittal

permitter committor transmitter

Miller, George A. 1996. The Science of Words. New York: Scientific American Library, p. 109.

English InflectionsVERB

-s -ing -ed -en

NOUN-s-’s

ADJECTIVE-er -est

Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2007. An Introduction to Language, 8th edition. Boston, MA: Thomson Wadsworth, p. 99.

Morphological AnalysisAdjective Meaningugly very unattractiveuglier more uglyugliest most ugly

pretty nice lookingprettier more nice lookingprettiest most nice looking

tall large in heighttaller more talltallest most tall

Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2007. An Introduction to Language, 8th edition. Boston, MA: Thomson Wadsworth, p. 104.

Zulu(Morphology: Exercise 5)

PREFIX NUMBER ROOT GLOSS SUFFIX CLASSum- SINGULARaba- PLURAL

-i NOUN -a VERB

faz married woman i fan boy i zal parent i fundis teacher / teach i / a baz carver / carve i / a lim farmer / farm i / a dlal player / play i / a fund reader / read i / a

Chickasaw(Morphology Ex 17 or 18)

a. Root morphemes1. chaaha to be tall 2. hopoba to be hungry

b. Morphemes1. -tok past tense 2. sa- I 3. chi- you 4. — he/she

c. ispokni “to be old1. chisipokni you are old 2. sipoknitok he was old 3. hoosipokni they are old

Samoan(Morphology: Exercise 9 or 10)

a.(1) they weave lalaga(2) they travel savavali (3) he sings pese

b.

Morphological rule for making third person plural from third person singular verb forms in Samoan:

Reduplicate the penultimate syllable.