Class 6 23.08.21 Morphology 1. Knowledge of Words: To really know a word, we need to have stored in our mental lexicon the word’s: Pronunciation (form) Meaning (semantics) Spelling (orthography) Grammatical category (word class) 2. Kinds of words Content words: a. Open class b. Semantic meaning c. Expressing a concept Function words: a. Closed class b. Grammatical function c. Showing a grammatical relationship 3. Internal Structure of words Words consists of morphemes Morphemes are the smallest meaning carrying units of language How morphemes are combined to form words is rule-governed 4. Classification of morphemes Bound morphemes: They can’t stand alone Free Morphemes They can stand alone
