LING 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sube Card, Allomorph, Suppletion
25 Sep 2018
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*english has a limited number of inflectional morphemes. *word order is less important in languages with more inflectional morphemes. Ella sub-e --> the word sub cannot stand alone in the spanish language. Ella sub- ira: these are memorized in our lexicon. If we didn"t use them as much they would undergo the regular rules and patterns of language: difference between the two, suppletion: there are only a limited number of words that go through this process. Internal change: only some words can go through this process: exception, they are used so frequently that they have undergone little change, maintained in the language over the years. In spelling it"s the s: s marks plural in your mind, when you pronounce it, you can hear the difference (they are pronounced in special ways) Three processes primarily related to inflection: 3 ways to inflect: Grammatical information (to the word"s form) that mark singular vs. plural; present vs. past.
