Morphological Change

Co occurrence

________: changes the syntax of a language by changing what needs to occur in a sentence.

Proportional analogy

________ is a big factor in reducing irregularity in language.

Morphology of a language

________ can change (new word forms, new morphological processes and rules)

Paradigm leveling

________: analogy reduces allomorphs and makes everything rule based (makes everything simpler)

Clippings

________: using only part of the word form.

Folk etymology

________: speakers incorrectly make analyses because they dont have the historical knowledge.

new lexical category

Zero derivation: changing the word into a(n) ________.

Reanalysis

________: speakers words are interpretable in different ways and listener takes wrong meaning.

paradigm leveling

analogy reduces allomorphs and makes everything rule based (makes everything simpler)

zero derivation

changing the word into a new lexical category

back formation

normal process of derivation is reverse

folk etymology

speakers incorrectly make analyses because they dont have the historical knowledge

clippings

using only part of the word form

blends

guesstimate ➝ guess and estimate

acronyms

just use letters

coinages

word formations from literature or elsewhere

reanalysis

speakers words are interpretable in different ways and listener takes wrong meaning

co-occurrence

changes the syntax of a language by changing what needs to occur in a sentence