LIN100Y1 Chapter 4.3-4.6: LIN100 Morphology
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Compounding: combination of 2 already existing words: result is usually a noun, verb, or an adjective rightmost morpheme determines the category of the entire word. Head: the morpheme that determines the category of the entire word. Can be added to the compound as a whole. Endocentric: the compound that denotes a subtype of the concept: e. g. dog food is a type of food, a cave man is a type of man. Exocentric: the meaning of the compound doesn"t follow from the denoted by its head meaning of its parts. E. g. german: kot elum, straight ice, icicle", gast-haus, guest-house, inn". Often expressed via affixation: many languages have many inflectional affixes, english only has 8 inflectional affixes. He has eaten / studied the smaller the smallest one. 4 ways to distinguish b/w inflection vs. derivation because they"re both marked by affixation: category change inflection.
