The morphological classification of words 1 one

The morphological classification of words : 1. one root morpheme — a root word (girl), 2. one root morpheme plus one or more affixes — a derived word (girlish, girlishness), 3. two or more stems — a compound word (girlfriend), 4. two or more stems and a common affix — a compound derivative (old-maidish) or a parasynthetic word.

Word-formation analysis vs. morphological analysis • morphological: the word girlishness may be subdivided into three morphemes: the root -girland two suffixes -ish and -ness. • word-formation: the word girlishness is a derivative build by suffixation (stem girlish + -ness).

1. Analyze the following words from the point of view of morphological and word-formation analysis • Chessboard, driver, respectful, exciting, to knife, a cut, friendly, childish, а run, to table, expectantly, to week-end, sweetness, to blacklist, aggressiveness, arrogance, derivative, to handlist.

The analysis into immediate constituents (1) • A synchronic morphological analysis is most effectively accomplished by the procedure known as the analysis into immediate constituents (IC’s). Immediate constituents are any of the two meaningful parts forming a larger linguistic unity. The main opposition dealt with is the opposition of stem and affix. • Ungentlemanly: • un- (ungentlemanly vs gentlemanly, compare with unfriendly, unknown, unafraid, unarmed, unashamed); • -ly (gentlemanly vs gentleman, compare with friendly, lovely, timely, womanly); • gentle + man.

STEMS: • Underlying stem (help) / derived stem (helpful); • Free stem (resistance) / bound stem (arrogance) / isolated stem (hamlet);

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3. Native/borrowed; part of speech; productive; meaning; stylistic markedness. productive/non-

4. 1. Classify the following words, 2. Write down the word-building patterns, 3. find the words generating word-families with these words (their roots). Warmth, matter-of-fact, Chinese, salesman, corn-coloured, boy, breadth, boyfriend, westward, manhood, schoolmate, outlaw, housewarming, law, forget-me-not, understandable, boyhood, warm, womanish, lawful, profiteer, delightful.