LING 150 Unit 1 - Morphemes and Definitions

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  1. -oid
    resembling
  2. ab-/ abs-
    from, away
  3. ad-
    to, forward
  4. an-/a-
    not, without
  5. ana-
    up, again, back
  6. ante-/ anti-
    before
  7. anthrop
    human
  8. apo-
    away from, off
  9. bi
    life, two
  10. can
    dog
  11. cata-
    down, backwords
  12. chrom
    color
  13. chron
    time
  14. con-/com-/co-
    with, together
  15. contra-/counter-
    against, facing
  16. corp/ corpor
    body, flesh
  17. cosm
    universe, order, adorn
  18. de-
    reverse, from
  19. dia-
    through
  20. duc
    to lead
  21. dys-/dis-
    bad
  22. ec-
    out
  23. ecto-
    outside
  24. en-
    in
  25. endo-
    inside
  26. epi-
    on, over
  27. eu-
    good
  28. ex-/e-
    out
  29. extra-
    outside
  30. gam
    marry, unite
  31. greg
    social group, gather
  32. hetero-
    other, different
  33. hom
    human
  34. homo-
    same
  35. hypo-
    under, below, partial
  36. iatr
    heal
  37. idi
    personal
  38. in-
    in, into, not
  39. infra-
    below, after
  40. inter-
    between, among
  41. intra-
    within
  42. iso-
    equal
  43. leg
    law, deputize
  44. log/ leg/ lex
    study, speak
  45. macr
    large
  46. meso-
    middle
  47. meta-
    beyond
  48. micr
    small
  49. mis
    hate
  50. morph
    shape, form
  51. nom
    law, system
  52. nov
    new
  53. ob-
    towards, against
  54. omn-
    all
  55. par
    give birth to
  56. para-
    beside, nearly
  57. path
    feel, illness
  58. per-
    through, throughly
  59. peri-
    around, near
  60. petr
    rock
  61. phil
    liking, tendancy
  62. phon
    sound
  63. pol
    community
  64. post-
    after, behind
  65. pot
    able, powerful
  66. pre-
    before
  67. pro-
    forward, for
  68. psued
    false
  69. psych
    mind
  70. pyr
    fire
  71. re-/ red-
    again, back
  72. sci
    know, discern
  73. se- /sed-
    apart
  74. sec
    cut/ split
  75. somn
    sleep
  76. sub
    under, inferior
  77. super-
    above, excess
  78. syn-
    with, together
  79. the
    god
  80. top
    place (a location)
  81. trans- / tra
    across, through
  82. ven
    come
  83. ver
    true
  84. vis
    see
  85. xen
    foriegn
  86. Morpheme
    The smallest form which is paired with a particular meaning"
  87. Characteristics of Morphemes
    • 1. They cannot be subdivided
    • 2. They add meaning to a word
    • 3. They can appear in many different words
    • 4. They can have any number of syllables.
  88. Do not confuse Morphemes with Syllables... a syllable is a ____ of _____ while a morpheme is a ____ of _______.
    • 1. Unit of Sound
    • 2. Unit of Meaning
  89. What does the word parse mean?
    To parse a word is to divide it into its different morphemes.
  90. What does the word gloss mean?
    To gloss a word means to give the meaning for a morpheme.

    • omn  /(i)  /pot  /-ent
    • 'all          ''able, powerfu l'A, N
  91. What does it mean to give a literal meaning?
    To give a literal meaning is to parse the word and then give the definition for each of the roots.

    • omn  /(i)  /pot  /-ent
    • 'all         ''able, powerful'A, N
    • 'something which is all powerful or able'
  92. What are the four points to analyzing a word?
    • 1. Parse
    • 2. Gloss
    • 3. Give literal meaning
    • 4. Give dictionary definition

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 LING 150 Unit 1 - Morphemes and Definitions
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