Morphology and Syntax

Morphology and Syntax Morphology 1 Trương Văn Ánh Trường Đại học Sài Gòn 2 Chapter 1 Introduction to Morphology Morphology is the study of Morpheme and their different forms (allomorphs), and the way[.]

Morphology 1

Trương Văn Ánh

Trường Đại học Sài Gòn

Chapter 1 Introduction to Morphology

Morphology is the study of Morpheme and their different forms (allomorphs), and the way they combine in word formation.

Ex: The English word unhappiness is formed from

happy, the adjective – forming suffix ness and the

negative prefix un.

Morphology (Greek: morphe  form and logy 

study) is the study of the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed.

Morphology is a branch of linguistics which deals with the structure and form of words.

+ Two levels of Morphology

1 Paradigmatic morphology: the study of parts

of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.) and the formation of these There are two

inflectional

2 Syntagmatic morphology: the study of the use

of parts of speech (an adjective is used to modify a noun, etc.) and the study of phrases: noun+noun, adj+noun, verb+noun, verb+adv, etc

Branches of Morphology: Inflectional & Derivational Morphology

- Inflectional Morphology: the same part of speech, but different forms

Ex: use (v): uses, using, used

- Derivational Morphology: different forms and different parts of speech

Ex: use (v): user (n); useful (adj); usefully (adv)

Good luck!