LIN 205 Lecture Notes - Indigenous Languages Of The Americas, Isogloss, Grammatical Number
5 Sep 2014
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The study of word structure and of word formation processes. A noun is a sign that describes an entity. A verb is a sign that desbribes an action. An adjective is a sign that desbribes a property. Some forms of humor exploit this kind of ambiguity. Noun: the young boy snoozed under a tree. Verb: the young boy snoozed under a tree. Adjective: the young boy snoozed under a tree. Adverb: the young boy snoozed quietly under a tree. Preposition: the young boy snoozed under a tree. Determiner: the young boy snoozed under a tree. Pronouns: the young boy snoozed under a tree. Conjunction: the young boy snoozed under a tree. Free morpheme: occurs as an independent element without the need for the presence additional morphemes cat, duck, deer, hunt, sink. Bound morpheme: does not occur as an independent element and requires the presence of additional morphemes un-, -ing, -s (plural), -s (singular, third person)
