LING 150 Unit 1 - Morphemes and Definitions

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-oid

resembling
ab-/ abs-

from, away
ad-

to, forward
an-/a-

not, without
ana-

up, again, back
ante-/ anti-

before
anthrop

human
apo-

away from, off
bi

life, two
can

dog
cata-

down, backwords
chrom

color
chron

time
con-/com-/co-

with, together
contra-/counter-

against, facing
corp/ corpor

body, flesh
cosm

universe, order, adorn
de-

reverse, from
dia-

through
duc

to lead
dys-/dis-

bad
ec-

out
ecto-

outside
en-

in
endo-

inside
epi-

on, over
eu-

good
ex-/e-

out
extra-

outside
gam

marry, unite
greg

social group, gather
hetero-

other, different
hom

human
homo-

same
hypo-

under, below, partial
iatr

heal
idi

personal
in-

in, into, not
infra-

below, after
inter-

between, among
intra-

within
iso-

equal
leg

law, deputize
log/ leg/ lex

study, speak
macr

large
meso-

middle
meta-

beyond
micr

small
mis

hate
morph

shape, form
nom

law, system
nov

new
ob-

towards, against
omn-

all
par

give birth to
para-

beside, nearly
path

feel, illness
per-

through, throughly
peri-

around, near
petr

rock
phil

liking, tendancy
phon

sound
pol

community
post-

after, behind
pot

able, powerful
pre-

before
pro-

forward, for
psued

false
psych

mind
pyr

fire
re-/ red-

again, back
sci

know, discern
se- /sed-

apart
sec

cut/ split
somn

sleep
sub

under, inferior
super-

above, excess
syn-

with, together
the

god
top

place (a location)
trans- / tra

across, through
ven

come
ver

true
vis

see
xen

foriegn
Morpheme

The smallest form which is paired with a particular meaning"
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.
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
What does the word parse mean?

To parse a word is to divide it into its different morphemes.
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
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'
What are the four points to analyzing a word?
- 1. Parse
- 2. Gloss
- 3. Give literal meaning
- 4. Give dictionary definition

Author:	Mehringe
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Card Set:	LING 150 Unit 1 - Morphemes and Definitions
Updated:	2013-04-16 01:06:24
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