hello, everyone! part i review review questions 1. how are english consonants classified? 2. how are...

Hello, Everyone!

Part I

Review

Review Questions1. How are English consonants classified?2. How are English Vowels classified?

Part II

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Chapter 3

Morphology

3.1Morphology

3.1.1 Open class and closed class

1. Open class words: or content words, to which new words can be regularly addedNouns, verbs, adjectives , adverbs2. Closed class words: or “grammatical” or “functional”words, to which new words are not usually addedConjunctions, prepositions, articles, pronouns

3.1.2 Internal structure of words and rules for word

formation

1. Internal structureDisapprove = dis + approve

2. Rules for word formationDisapprove approvedis

Definition

Morphology: the study of the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed.

3.2

Morphemes

1. Definition The most basic element of meaning is traditionally called morpheme.The smallest meaningful element of language that cannot be reduced to smaller elements. (Bussmann 1996: 313)

2. Types of morphemes

1. Affix: Collective term for bound formatives or word-forming elements that constitute subcategories of word classes. Affixes are classified according to their placement on the stem.

Types of morphemes

2. Prefix: Morphemes that occur only before other morphemes. (Bound morphemes that precede the stem.)3. Suffix: Morphemes that only occur after other morphemes.(Bound morphemes that are attached finally to free morpheme constructions)

Types of morphemes

4. Bound morpheme: Morphemes that cannot occur “unattached”, but always as parts of words.5. Free morpheme: Morphemes that can constitute words by themselves. 6. Stem: Morphemes or morpheme constructions on which inflectional endings can appear

3.3 Derivational and inflectional morphemes

1. Derivational morpheme: Bound morpheme which change the category or grammatical class of words.2. Inflectional morphemes: Bound morphemes which are for the most part purely grammatical markers, signifying such concepts as tense, number, case and so on. 3. Stem: Morphemes or morpheme constructions on which inflectional endings can appear

3.4 Morphological rules of word formation

Morphological rules: ways words are formedUn + ADJECTIVE = not – ADJECTIVEAcceptable – unacceptableSad – unsadProductive/less productive

3.5 Compounds

compounds: or compound words, words formed by stringing words together

rainbow, pickpocket a. grammatical category b. stress c. meaning

complementary

Contrast between Chinese and English

word formation

1. 汉语偏旁部首 Vs 英语黏着词素

汉 语 英 语

单字 偏旁部首 单词 黏着词素

人 心 水 金

亻 忄 氵 钅

man heart water metal

anthrop- -cord hydro- -ium

anthrop(o) man 人，人类Anthropology 人类学 anthropocentricanthropotomy philanthropist

1. His philanthropic attitude was widely endorsed （认可） .philanthropic: 慈善的，博爱的2. Evolutionists hold that anthropoid is a stage from which human has developed.anthropoid 类人猿3.The subject of anthropology can be generally divided into two branches: cultural anthropology and physical ( 体质 ) anthropology.

2. 形声与会意 Vs 合成与派生 汉语1. 形声法 形符 + 声符 义类 + 读音 例：湖、铀2. 会意法 例：安好家

英语1. 合成：词 + 词 +…… playboy forget-me-not warmhearted2. 派生：前缀 + 词根 + 后缀unfriendly, receivehydrograph

3. 词素分析与词汇学习1. 从结构上加以解剖

preposterous pre-poster-ous 反常的、愚蠢的

2. 从形、音上与熟单词挂钩 depict de-pict (picture) 3. 从词族上加以扩展 defer, confer, differ, infer, offer,

proffer 4. 从单词的译文上加以对比 multilateral synchronous 多 边 的 同 时 的

1. Review.2. Prepare L 16

Homework

1. Review exercises (P40)

2. Prepare Chapter 5