Morphology 2
Morphology 2
Morphology 2
Phones at the mental level /p/ has two realizations [p] and [p] FOR AN ENGLISH SPEAKER
Morphology
When deciding if something is a morpheme, your answers need to be DATA-based Morpheme:
Has a systematic sound-meaning correspondence Cannot be further divided without losing soundmeaning correspondence
Why would we not want to say a is a morpheme meaning something like animal?
cat, snake
Why would we not want to say a is a morpheme meaning something like animal?
Why would we not want to say [t] is a morpheme meaning something like animal?
Is [t] a morpheme?
We can have two different morphemes with the same form (the noun fly vs. the verb fly)
Since theyre different morphemes, they have different meanings, even if they happen to have the same sound
We can also have a word containing the same sequence of sounds as a morpheme, without containing that morpheme (cat vs. at)
Zapotec morphology
racaeea racaeelo racaeeni cocaeea cocaeelo cocaeeni cacaeea cacaeelo cacaeeni I help you (sg) help s/he helps I helped you (sg) helped s/he helped I will help you (sg) will help s/he will help racaeetonoo racaeetoo racaeeni cocaeetonoo cocaeetoo cocaeeni cacaeetonoo cacaeetoo cacaeeni we help you (pl) help they help we helped you (pl) helped they helped we will help
you (pl) will help
Zapotec morphology
racaeea racaeelo racaeeni cocaeea cocaeelo cocaeeni cacaeea cacaeelo cacaeeni I help you (sg) help s/he helps I helped you (sg) helped s/he helped I will help you (sg) will help s/he will help racaeetonoo racaeetoo racaeeni cocaeetonoo cocaeetoo cocaeeni cacaeetonoo cacaeetoo cacaeeni we help you (pl) help they help we helped you (pl) helped they helped we will help
you (pl) will help
Zapotec morphology
racaeea racaeelo racaeeni cocaeea cocaeelo cocaeeni cacaeea cacaeelo cacaeeni I help you (sg) help s/he helps I helped you (sg) helped s/he helped I will help you (sg) will help s/he will help racaeetonoo racaeetoo racaeeni cocaeetonoo cocaeetoo cocaeeni cacaeetonoo cacaeetoo cacaeeni we help you (pl) help they help we helped you (pl) helped they helped we will help
you (pl) will help
Zapotec morphology
racaeea racaeelo racaeeni cocaeea cocaeelo cocaeeni cacaeea cacaeelo cacaeeni I help you (sg) help s/he helps I helped you (sg) helped s/he helped I will help you (sg) will help s/he will help racaeetonoo racaeetoo racaeeni cocaeetonoo cocaeetoo cocaeeni cacaeetonoo cacaeetoo cacaeeni we help you (pl) help they help we helped you (pl) helped they helped we will help
you (pl) will help
Zapotec morphology
Is there one morpheme ni that means 3rd person, or two morphemes, one for 3rd person singular and one for 3rd person plural, that happen to have the same form?
Use the same method you used to solve Zapotec morphology problem when analyzing English
Can argue either way
fly desks untie tree dislike reuse triumphed delight justify payment
spiteful suite fastest deform disobey preplan optionality prettier mistreat premature
Example: tree
Morpheme:
Has a systematic sound-meaning correspondence Cannot be further divided without losing sound-meaning correspondence
Sound=[i] Meaning=tree Trees uses same sound-meaning correspondence [], [], [i] all lose meaning of tree
Example: fly
Morpheme:
Has a systematic sound-meaning correspondence Cannot be further divided without losing sound-meaning correspondence
Yes, but note we have two separate morphemes Sound=[flaj] Meaning=bug OR being airborne
Lets look at the morpheme meaning being airborne Flying uses same sound-meaning correspondence [f], [laj] all lose meaning of being airborne
Since speaker cant tell which it is out of context, we have two separate words, each composed of a single, separate morpheme that just happens to sound the same
Example: desks
Morpheme:
Has a systematic sound-meaning correspondence Cannot be further divided without losing sound-meaning correspondence
Hypothesis: desks is made up of desk + -s If we think its made up of two morphemes, need to do same method twice Sound=[desk], meaning=desk Sound=[-s], meaning = plural Desk-chair? Tigers [d], [sk], etc. all lose meaning of desk [s] cant be further broken down
Example: optionality
Morpheme:
Has a systematic sound-meaning correspondence Cannot be further divided without losing sound-meaning correspondence