linguistics midterm

Derived from LING 1000 class at University of Manitoba

Morphology

The study of words, including the
principles by which they are formed, and
how they relate to one another within a
language.
f. the branch of linguistics that studies the
sound systems of languages. It focuses on
how sounds function within a particular
language or languages.

Phonetics

The science of speech sounds, the study of sound
in human language.

Phonology

The basic units of phonology; they are the
mental representations of sounds that people have
stored in their minds. They are shown between
forward slashes (e.g.: /m/ and /o/)

Morpheme

the smallest meaningful unit. It may be free and
bound.... (e.g. text, -s, -ly, and, un-).

Morph

a phonetic realization of a morpheme. It is the
actual form used to realize morphemes (e.g.: [z]
in cars; [t] in passed; [s] in cats)

to work (work)

conversion

unhappy

derivation

initialism

OED (Old English Dictionary)

clipping

deli (delicatessen (shop))

conversion

to fish (fish)

goose (geese)

Inflection (internal change)