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1. The Basics
2. Talking about Morphemes
o General
o Affixes
3. Hierarchical Structure
4. Morphophonology
5. Coining New Words
Definition: the study of word structure
Morphology is part of the grammar.
Contains rules and constraints for forming words.
o un + lady + like / un + husband + like
o boy + ish / *ish+boy
o boy + ish + ness / *boy + ness + ish
Words are built up of one or more morphemes.
o deactivate: de - act - ive - ate
A morpheme is any of the minimal units of speech which
carry a meaning or function
o apple
o the
o -s (plural)
o -ed (past tense)
o -ate (creates verbs)
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