1.3.1
Morphology
Grammar - Morphology
Grammar - Morphology
One thing to look at is how a word is formed – this is the study of morphology.
Morpheme
Morpheme
- Morphology looks at morphemes.
- A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning and they make up all words.
- A morpheme can either be free, bound, a prefix or a suffix.
Types of morphemes
Types of morphemes
- A free morpheme can stand on its own.
- E.g. Friend.
- A bound morpheme can be added to the start or end of a free morpheme. If a bound morpheme is added to the start of a free morpheme, it is called a prefix-bound morpheme. If it is bound to the end of the free morpheme, it is called a suffix-bound morpheme.
- E.g. Un (prefix-bound) + friend (free) + ly (suffix-bound) → unfriendly.
Examples
Examples
- Free morpheme: attractive.
- With a prefix-bound morpheme: unattractive.
- With a suffix-bound morpheme: attractively.
- Free morpheme: figure.
- With a prefix-bound morpheme: disfigure.
- With a suffix-bound morpheme: figurine.
- Free morpheme: mature.
- With a prefix-bound morpheme: premature.
- With a suffix-bound morpheme: maturely.
1Language Levels
1.1Assessment Objectives
1.2Lexis
1.2.1Introduction
1.2.2Common, Proper, Abstract & Concrete Nouns
1.2.3Collective Nouns
1.2.4Adjectives
1.2.5Main, Auxiliary & Copular Verbs
1.2.6Dynamic & Stative Verbs
1.2.7Transitive, Intransitive, Active & Passive Verbs
1.2.8Mood of Verbs
1.2.9Adverbs
1.2.10Personal, Possessive & Reflexive Pronouns
1.2.11Relative & Demonstrative Pronouns
1.2.12Determiners
1.2.13Conjunctions
1.2.14Synonyms, Antonyms & Phonological Features
1.2.15End of Topic Test - Lexis
1.3Grammar
1.4Semantics & Pragmatics
1.5Discourse Structure, Graphology & Orthography
2Language, The Individual & Society
2.1Children’s Language Development
2.2Children's Language Development - Theories
2.3Literacy Development: Reading
3Language Diversity & Change
3.1The Importance of Gendered Language
3.2Social Groups
3.3Occupational Groups
3.4Accents & Dialects
3.5Language Change
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1Language Levels
1.1Assessment Objectives
1.2Lexis
1.2.1Introduction
1.2.2Common, Proper, Abstract & Concrete Nouns
1.2.3Collective Nouns
1.2.4Adjectives
1.2.5Main, Auxiliary & Copular Verbs
1.2.6Dynamic & Stative Verbs
1.2.7Transitive, Intransitive, Active & Passive Verbs
1.2.8Mood of Verbs
1.2.9Adverbs
1.2.10Personal, Possessive & Reflexive Pronouns
1.2.11Relative & Demonstrative Pronouns
1.2.12Determiners
1.2.13Conjunctions
1.2.14Synonyms, Antonyms & Phonological Features
1.2.15End of Topic Test - Lexis
1.3Grammar
1.4Semantics & Pragmatics
1.5Discourse Structure, Graphology & Orthography
2Language, The Individual & Society
2.1Children’s Language Development
2.2Children's Language Development - Theories
2.3Literacy Development: Reading
3Language Diversity & Change
3.1The Importance of Gendered Language
3.2Social Groups
3.3Occupational Groups
3.4Accents & Dialects
3.5Language Change
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