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English: Structure & Use

Quiz 2

Quiz 2

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This set of flashcards focuses on English at a university level, covering linguistic concepts like polysemy, homonymy, and compounding. It delves into word formation, morphology, and semantic relationships, with examples like "AIDS" for acronyms, "prof" for clipping, and "enthusiasm/enthuse" for back derivation. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to reverse the learning direction from the target language to the source language. Ideal for linguistics students or advanced learners, these flashcards help deepen understanding of English word structures and meanings.
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Langue
Anglais
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Anglais
Niveau
Université
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bound morpheme

cannot stand on their own ( affixes or bound roots with a lexical meaning)

derivational morpheme

forms a new lexeme, often changes word class
inflectional morpheme

never changes word class, grammatical marker, gives info about number, verb tense and other gramnatical functions

open class

lexical meaning, content word: noun, verb, adjective, adverb

closed class

function word, grammatical meaning: pronoun, determiner, preposition, conjunction

productivity of affixes

the extent to which affixes can give rise to new lexemes formulating rules for affixes
types of affixes

prefix & suffix

inflection

gramnatical marker, word cannot change

derivation

forms new lexeme, word class changes

compounding

forms new word out of two or more stems, normally two free lexemes
type of word compounds

nouncompound, verbcompound, adjectivecompoud

conversion

word formed out of another word ( finger someone, empty the box)

back derivation

derive backwards (enthusiasm/enthuse, editor/edit)

lexical blending

motel, smog, infomercial
clipping

prof, burger, fax

acronym

AIDS, UNICEF, USA, UEFA

ablaut

vowel sound different ( shake shook, mouse mice)

suppletion

go/went, am/are ( morhological change with unrelated form)
stress and tone placement

change of sound base to change the word in word class

cliticization

I'm You're He's

homophony

same sound but different meaning roe/row

homonymy

fifferrnt origin but same form
synonymy

same meaning

antonymy

opposite meaning

polysemy

word has two or more senses

test if it's a compound

head of the compound is the second element! can you insert a word in between? if not it's a conpound

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