Understanding Morphemes and Word Formation

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts related to morphemes, word formation, and linguistics as discussed in the lecture.

Morpheme

A group of sounds that is meaningful and can be used to form words.

Root

A morpheme that can exist independently and has meaning, such as 'eat'.

Affix

A morpheme that is added to a root; can be a prefix or suffix.

Prefix

An affix added to the beginning of a word.

Suffix

An affix added to the end of a word.

Grammatical Suffix

A suffix that does not change the class of a word, such as '-s' for plural.

Derivational Suffix

A suffix that changes the class of a word, such as '-ly' which turns an adjective into an adverb.

Word Family

All the words that can be formed from a single root.

Polymorph

An organism that can take many forms.

Morphology

The study of morphemes.

Phoneme

A meaningful sound in a language.

Civil

Relating to the affairs of citizens; can also mean polite.

Civilize

To make more culturally advanced.

Quickly

An adverb made by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'quick'.

Expectation

A noun derived from the verb 'expect'.

Explosion

A noun formed from the verb 'explode'.

Shape

A noun and verb that means to give form to something.