Lecture 3: Morphology, Part 2 | Summary and Q&A

TL;DR

Morphemes can combine in various ways to form words, and certain affixes can alter the meaning and category of the base word.

Transcript

[CREAKING, CLICKING] NORVIN RICHARDS: All right, so welcome to day two of morphology. Last time, I was trying to get you to believe that it's worth-- for trying to think about what you have in your mind, the representations you have in your mind of what you can do with your native language-- if we're trying to think about that, that it's useful to ... Read More

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Morphemes are units that combine to form words.

• Allomorphs are different forms of a morpheme that depend on its phonological and morphological contexts.

• Affixes like "-ment" attach to verbs and create nouns, while prefixes like "em-" attach to nouns and create verbs.