LIN204H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Word Formation, Standard Written English, Suppletion
CHAPTER 3 REVIEW (part 3)
-The word "nice" originally meant "foolish, silly, simple, or ignorant" when it was first
(recorded as being) used in the 1300s (OED). Several centuries later, "nice" was used to
describe someone who was "pleasant in manner, agreeable, good-natured, or attractive".
The word has undergone a type of semantic change called amelioration.
-The word “best” is NOT monomorphemic (comprising of one morpheme). “Best”
comprises of two morphemes – the base {good} and the comparative morpheme {-er}.
-The word “fish” in the sentence “"A school of fish just swam by” contains an allomorph
of {-s1} (plural).
-{-dom} is a morpheme that creates nouns from nouns.
-Derivational morphemes are NOT all suffixes in English, but both suffixes and prefixes.
Inflectional morphemes, on the other hand, are all suffixes.
-In the word "consideration", there are two morphemes: {consider} + {-ation}.
-"Our puppies' food bowls got lost in the move” is a sentence with an example of the
correct use of the English possessive ‘s.
-The word “reviewed” in the sentence "He had thoroughly reviewed the offer before
accepting it” is analyzed as: {re-} derivational, prefix, attaches to verbs to create verbs,
'to X again', as in "reenter"; {view} base, free, verb;{-en} inflectional, suffix, verbal, past
participle, as in "had walked".
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Document Summary
The word "nice" originally meant "foolish, silly, simple, or ignorant" when it was first (recorded as being) used in the 1300s (oed). Several centuries later, "nice" was used to describe someone who was "pleasant in manner, agreeable, good-natured, or attractive". The word has undergone a type of semantic change called amelioration. The word best is not monomorphemic (comprising of one morpheme). Best comprises of two morphemes the base {good} and the comparative morpheme {-er}. The word fish in the sentence "a school of fish just swam by contains an allomorph of {-s1} (plural). {-dom} is a morpheme that creates nouns from nouns. Derivational morphemes are not all suffixes in english, but both suffixes and prefixes. Inflectional morphemes, on the other hand, are all suffixes. In the word "consideration", there are two morphemes: {consider} + {-ation}. "our puppies" food bowls got lost in the move is a sentence with an example of the correct use of the english possessive s.
