英语词汇学unitMajorProcessofWordFormationppt.pptVIP

Chapter 4 Major Process of Word Formation Presentations and assignments 1. Make sure the meaning of words with affixes indicating the following categories: Negative, time, size, number, attitude, people (-cian,-ist), countries (-an, -ese…) Different suffixes added to the same word (economical vs. economic) 2. Prepare some confusing compounds included in TEM-4 vocabulary, or phrases related to colors or animals 3. Consult your dictionary about the meanings of words provided in the textbook. 10 words from each group with Chinese meaning Teaching Outline Basic morphological 形态学的 concepts: Morpheme. 词素 Root Stem Preffixation Suffixation Compounding 复合法 Lecture One Morpheme What Is a Morpheme? What is allomorph? Types of Morphemes Free Morpheme and Bound Morpheme粘着语素 Bound M/affix: Inflectional Morpheme曲折语素 and Derivational Morpheme派生语素 Derivational M: prefix and suffix A sample Sci-fi thriller Limitless has topped the North American film chart as box office takings continue to suffer compared with last year Takings 营业收入 Sci-fi: science fiction 《永无止境》 What Is a Morpheme? Definition: the smallest meaningful linguistic unit that carries grammatical and/or semantic meaning. It can not be further divided or analyzed into smaller forms. A morpheme may be a complete word or an affix. 词缀 free = free root morpheme bound root bound inflectional affixes (suffixes) affixes (prefixes) derivational affixes (suffixes) Allomorphs（词素变体） Definition: different variants of a morpheme Allomorphs can be phonologically or morphologically conditioned. Phonologically conditioned: 语音学 the selection of an allomorph is determined by the phonological form of t