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MORPHOLOGY
ENGL-360

Jinott Ventura Torres

Definition of Morphology
Morphology is the identification analysis, and description of
the structure of a given languages morphemes and other
linguistic units, such as root words, affixes, part of speech,
intonations and stresses, or implied context.
It is clear that in most languages, if not all, word can ne related
to others word by rules (grammars).
For Example:
English speakers recognize that the words dog and dogs are
closely related, differentiated only by the plurality morpheme
_S. Speakers of English, a fissional language, recognize
these relations from their tacit knowledge of Englishs rules of
words formation.

History of Morphology
According to About.com / Grammar Composition
It was first used for linguistic purposes in 1859 by the German
linguist August Schleicher (Salmon 2000), to refer to the study
of the form of words. In present-day linguistics, the term
'morphology' refers to the study of the internal structure of
words, and of the systematic form-meaning correspondences
between words.
The term morphology is Greek and is a makeup of morphmeaning 'shape, form', and -ology which means 'the study of
something'.

History of Morphology
We are going to stick to morphology in linguistics, as the
scientific study of forms and structure of words in a language.
Morphology as a sub-discipline of linguistics was named for
the first time in 1859 by the German linguist August Schleicher
who used the term for the study of the form of words. Today
morphology forms a core part of linguistics.

Definition of Morphology
Morphology is the study of word structure.
Though it appears on the surface that
English words are irregular and
idiosyncratic go vs. went, foot vs. feet
there is a limited set of processes that
allow speakers to create a new words.
First, some preliminaries; All languages
have words and morphemes. Words can
be freely moved around in a sentence.

Definition of Morphology
For Example, cats is a word:
I like cats.
Cats, I like. (Hamsters, I dont.)
Cats is a complex word, made of two morphemes; a morpheme is the
smallest unit of meaning or function within a language.
The two morphemes are the root cat and s, witch means plural.
S is a bound morpheme, meaning that it must be attached to
something else and cannot be freely moved around; I cant just say s in
response to the question Do you have one cat or more than one? Free
morphemes, one the other hand, can stand alone as words.

Examples

Examples in Spanish
A, an

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Anti

Contra

Auto

Uno mismo

Cata
Di(a)
Dis

Hacia abajo o
Catarata: cada grande de agua.
por entero
A travs de

Diagonal: lnea recta que va de un vrtice a otro.

Con dificultad Disconforme: no conforme.

En

Dentro

Emi

Pro

Medio
Junto a o
contra
Adelante

Sim(n)

Con

Para

Aformo: sin forma regular.

Anticuerpo: sustancia que se opone a la accin de
bacterias, virus o sustancia extraa en el
organismo.
Automacin: funcionamiento de una mquina que
efecta una serie de operaciones sin la intervencin
del hombre.

Enamorada: que siente amor.

Emisario: mensajero.
Paranormal: fuera de lo normal.
Progreso: aumento, adelanto.
Simtrico: con simetra

Introduction to Morphology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syjbhT45J14

Parts of the Speech

In grammar, a part of speech (also a word

class) or a lexical category) is a linguistic

category of words (or more precisely lexical
items), which is generally defined by the
syntactic or morphological behavior of the
lexical item in question.

Common linguistic categories include noun

and verbs, among others. There are open
closed word classer, which acquire new
members infrequently if at all.

Intonations and Stresses

Intonation The pattern or melody of pitch
changes in connected speech, especially the
pitch pattern of a sentence, witch distinguishes
kinds of sentences or speakers of different
language cultures.

Intonations and Stresses

Stresses Emphasis given to a particular
syllable or word in speech, typically
through a combination of relatively greater
loudness, higher pitch, and longer duration.

Biography
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