In this chapter, students will be able to understand: Phonology, co-articulation effects, supra segmental features, morphology, word, morpheme, word and morpheme, phoneme and morpheme, lexeme and morpheme. | Morphology(1) Dr. Ansa Hameed Previously . Phonology Co-Articulation Effects Supra segmental Features Today’s Lecture Morphology Word Morpheme Word and Morpheme Phoneme and Morpheme Lexeme and Morpheme Levels of Language Phonology Phonetics Morphology Syntax Semantics Pragmatics Morphology Morphology Morph (form) logy (study) Thus, morphology is study of forms (actually forms of words: structure) structure level above phonology and below syntax involving words Morphology “Morphology is the study of patterns of word formations within and across languages” (Prasad, 48) The area of grammar concerned with the structure of words and with relationships between words involving the morphemes that compose them Morphology is ‘science of word forms’ (Fromkin, 131) What is a Word? We play with words We know a lot of words A child in average knows 13,000 words An adult in average knows 60,000 words Our knowledge of words help us to use a certain language What is a word? What is a word? An orthographic definition A phonological definition A semantic definition A syntactic definition What is a word? (Orthographic View) An Orthographic Definition Words as units in the writing system: words are uninterrupted strings of letters Words have spellings For example: writing is a word because there are blank spaces surrounding it What is a word?(Orthographic View) Problems with Orthographic Definition Can you make a list of punctuation marks? Can you think of instances of words characterized by different spellings? (soul, sole) What about compound nouns? (Dinning room) What is a word? (Orthographic View) How many words are there in the following sentences? a. John’s girl friend lives in a high-rise apartment building. b. Mary’s a policewoman in the United States. - Is John’s in a. above one or two words? - Is Mary’s in b. above one or two words? - Is high-rise in a. above one or two words? What is a word? (Orthographic View) The orthographic word may not coincide with our intuitions: . | Morphology(1) Dr. Ansa Hameed Previously . Phonology Co-Articulation Effects Supra segmental Features Today’s Lecture Morphology Word Morpheme Word and Morpheme Phoneme and Morpheme Lexeme and Morpheme Levels of Language Phonology Phonetics Morphology Syntax Semantics Pragmatics Morphology Morphology Morph (form) logy (study) Thus, morphology is study of forms (actually forms of words: structure) structure level above phonology and below syntax involving words Morphology “Morphology is the study of patterns of word formations within and across languages” (Prasad, 48) The area of grammar concerned with the structure of words and with relationships between words involving the morphemes that compose them Morphology is ‘science of word forms’ (Fromkin, 131) What is a Word? We play with words We know a lot of words A child in average knows 13,000 words An adult in average knows 60,000 words Our knowledge of words help us to use a certain language What is a word? What is a word? An .
