Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 60 views

    Morphology VS Syntax

    Uploaded by

    Aura Satya
    Morphology is the study of word formation and structure, including processes like compounding, derivation, affixation, blending, clipping, and others. Syntax is the study of sentence structure and grammatical rules for arranging words into clauses and sentences. The main difference between morphology and syntax is that morphology looks at the internal structure of words, while syntax examines how words are combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. Some key terms in syntax include words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Morphology VS Syntax

    Uploaded by

    Aura Satya
    60 views3 pages
    Morphology is the study of word formation and structure, including processes like compounding, derivation, affixation, blending, clipping, and others. Syntax is the study of sentence structure and grammatical rules for arranging words into clauses and sentences. The main difference between morphology and syntax is that morphology looks at the internal structure of words, while syntax examines how words are combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. Some key terms in syntax include words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Morphology is the study of word formation and structure, including processes like compounding, derivation, affixation, blending, clipping, and others. Syntax is the study of sentence structure and grammatical rules for arranging words into clauses and sentences. The main difference between morphology and syntax is that morphology looks at the internal structure of words, while syntax examines how words are combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. Some key terms in syntax include words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as doc, pdf, or txt
    60 views3 pages

    Morphology VS Syntax

    Uploaded by

    Aura Satya
    Morphology is the study of word formation and structure, including processes like compounding, derivation, affixation, blending, clipping, and others. Syntax is the study of sentence structure and grammatical rules for arranging words into clauses and sentences. The main difference between morphology and syntax is that morphology looks at the internal structure of words, while syntax examines how words are combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. Some key terms in syntax include words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as doc, pdf, or txt
    of 3
    At a glance
    Powered by AI
    The key takeaways are that morphology is the study of words and how they are formed, while syntax studies the structure of sentences. Some types of word formation discussed are compounding, derivation, affixation, blending, clipping, acronyms, etc.

    Morphology deals with understanding how words are formed and the structure of words, while syntax focuses on the way sentences are developed and the structure of sentences.

    Some types of word formation in English discussed are compounding, derivation (affixation), blending, clipping, acronyms, reanalysis, folk etymology, analogy, and novel creation.

    Aur Satya Pinasti

    1801050043

    6B

    Morphology Vs Syntax

    1. What do you about morphology?


    Morphology is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other
    words in the same language.
    2. What is the main discussion in morphology?
    The main discussion in morphology is the structure of words and the effect of changes in
    word form on the meaning and class of words.
    3. Please explain the types of word formation in English!
    a. Compounding
    Compounding forms a word put of two or more root morphemes.
    b. Rhyming compounds (subtype of compounds)
    These words are compounded from two rhyming words.
    c. Derivation
    Derivation is the creation of words by modification of a root without the addition of
    other roots. Often the effect is a change in part of speech.
    d. Affixation (Subtype of Derivation)
    The most common type of derivation is the addition of one or more affixes to a root,
    as in the word derivation itself. This process is called affixation, a term which covers
    both prefixation and suffixation.
    e. Blending
    Blending is especially creative in that speakers take two words and merge them
    based not on morpheme structure but on sound structure.
    f. Clipping
    Clipping is a type of abbreviation of a word in which one part is 'clipped' off the rest,
    and the remaining word now means essentially the same thing as what the whole
    word means or meant.
    g. Acronyms
    Acronyms are formed by taking the initial letters of a phrase and making a word out
    of it.
    h. Reanalysis
    Sometimes speakers unconsciously change the morphological boundaries of a word,
    creating a new morph or making an old one unrecognizable.
    i. Folk etymology
    A popular idea of a word's origin that is not in accordance with its real origin.
    j. Analogy
    Sometimes speakers take an existing word as a model and form other words using
    some of its morphemes as a fixed part, and changing one of them to something new,
    with an analogically similar meaning.
    k. Novel creation
    In novel creation, a speaker or writer forms a word without starting from other
    morphemes.
    l. Creative respelling
    Sometimes words are formed by simply changing the spelling of a word that the
    speaker wants to relate to the new word.
    4. What do you know about syntax?
    Syntax is a branch of linguistics that studies the rules on words or clause in making
    sentences. This clause is usually called subject, verb and object which are always in
    order.
    5. What are the differences between morphology and syntax?
    Morphology deals with the understanding of how words are formed while syntax is
    focused on the way sentences are developed.  Basically morphology is the study of the
    structure of words, while Syntax studies the structure of sentences.  Together these
    disciplines help linguists understand how language works.   
    6. Please explain the following terms as well as provide the
    relevant example(s):
    a. Word
    Word is a letter or group of letters that has meaning when spoken and written.
    Example of word: vegetable, tree, water, etc.
    b. Phrase
    Phrase is a group of words that work together to make meaning, but it is not a
    complete sentence. It does not have both a subject and a verb.
    Example of phrase : in the wind, the black hair, etc.
    c. Clause
    Clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and predicate or verb.
    Example of clause : She cried, because her seashell was broken, etc.
    d. Sentence
    Sentence is the basic unit of language which expresses a complete thought.
    Example of sentence : My brother is studying, I am sleeping, etc.

    You might also like