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Chapter 3 Lexicon
Whatis四od A word is dead When it is said Some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson,A Word A particular string of sounds must be united with a meaning and a meaning must be united with specific sounds in order for the sounds or the meaning to be a word in our mental lexicon A word. then. is a free form which does not consist entirely of (2/3)lesser free forms; in brief a word is a minimum free form >)Bloomfield, 1933, p178)
What is a word? • A word is dead • When it is said, • Some say. • I say it just begins to live that day. • Emily Dickinson, “ A Word” • A particular string of sounds must be united with a meaning and a meaning must be united with specific sounds in order for the sounds or the meaning to be a word in our mental lexicon. • A word, then, is a free form which does not consist entirely of (2/3) lesser free forms; in brief, a word is a minimum free form. » Bloomfield, 1933, p178)
Word: a unit of expression that has universal intuitive recognition by native speakers but difficult to define 1. Three senses of a word 2. dentification of words 3. Classification of words
I Features of WORD • Word: a unit of expression that has universal intuitive recognition by native speakers but difficult to define 1. Three senses of a word 2. Identifications of words 3. Classification of words
morphology Morphology is the branch of grammar that studies the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation Morphology falls into two categories: inflectional morphology(study of inflections)and lexical/derivational morphology(study of word formation)
Morphology • Morphology is the branch of grammar that studies the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation. • Morphology falls into two categories: inflectional morphology (study of inflections) and lexical/derivational morphology (study of word formation)
Morpheme: Definition and classification Definition: The morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning, lexical or grammatical Ask: Weaknesses: how many morphemes?
• Morpheme: Definition and classification • Definition: The morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning, lexical or grammatical. • Ask: weaknesses: how many morphemes?