Allomorphs

are different forms of one and the same morpheme

Example of Allomorphs

\[in\] / \[im\] -→ Inject and immigrate

Analyzing Words

When we analyze a word -→ we break it up into morphemes

* A Base
* A Prefix
* A Suffix

A Base

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is a core part of a word that gives its central meaning

* For Example
* Event -→ {vent}

A Prefix

Occurs at the front -→ is put before a base and alters its meaning

* For Example
* {dis} -→ dissolve

A Suffix

is put after a base -→ usually does NOT add meaning but rather CHNAGES its function or use

* For Example
* ==re==create / recreat==ion==

Anglo-Saxon

* Starts?
* During?
* Ends?
* During?

Also known as Old English

* Starts around 400 C.E\]
* when Germanic peoples enter -→ Britain
* Ends around 1100 C.E
* when the Norman conquest is in 1066 C.E

A Borrowing

is a word from another language

* For Example
* The word *chic* is borrowing from French

Content Words

Words that have an easy definition

* For Example
* Dog
* Eat

A Derivative

is a word that comes from another word and that word can be in the same language or another language

* For Example
* The English word *sentence* is a derivative if Latin *sentenia*
* The English word *sleepy* is a derivative of the ENglish word *sleep*.

Empty Morpheme

\[Empty\]

is a morpheme that to which no clear meaning can be assigned

* For Example
* \[re\] -→ means “back“ in Repel
* \[re\] -→ means “back“ in Resume
* therefore it has no clear meaning

Etymology

the etymology of a word is its orgin

Full Morpheme

\[full\]

is a morpheme that has a meaning

\[re\] - in reprel

\[re\] - in resume

Function Words

Words that do not have an easy definition -→ but rather serve to hold content words together meaningfully

* For Example
* The
* If

Intensifying Morpheme

\[intense\]

is a morpheme that merely intensifies a word’s meaning

* For Example
* \[com\] in commmotion

Middle English

* Starts?
* Ends?
* During?

* Starts around 1100 C.E
* Ends around 1500 C.E
* when the printing press is introduced in England

Morpheme

* is “a minimum unit of meaning“
* some words consists of one morpheme
* come consist of 2 or more morpheme
* Full
* Empty
* Intense

Obsolete

is one that no longer used

* sometimes in dictionaries
* are indicated with a dagger
* (t)

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Structure

is the way that words are put together to make meaningful expressions

* comes from words order and function words

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Where do word order and function words in English come from?

Old English

* Anglo-Saxon