DANCEST 805 Lecture 9:
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Morphemes: minimal meaningful units, can have different realizations called allomorph. Bound roots: morpheme-like word components with identifiable meaning, only occur in bound distribution together with bound morphemes (affixes); spec-, necess- Combining forms: morpheme-like word components with identifiable meaning occupying an intermediate position between free and bound morphemes; bio-, -graphy, demo- Stem: component remaining after all bound grammatical morphemes are removed, consist of root or free lexical morpheme, monomorphemic /simple (claimed claim as stem), polymorphemic/ complex stem composed of several lexical morphemes (disclaimers disclaimer) Base: form to which lexical affixes can be attached, form to which lexical affixes can be attached to, claim is base of disclaim which is the base of disclaimer. Plural: plural morpheme comprises a referential function. Genitive: genitive morphemes set up a relationship between two nouns. Ed1: marks simple past, occurs without other inflectional morphemes, expect from to be. The origin, development and establishment of complex lexemes.
