Linguistics

The tenth week

Chapter 3 Morphology
3.3 Morphs and Allomorphs
3.4 Types of word fomation
Key points
1.Morphs and Allomorphs
2.Types of word fomation

Difficult points
1. Compounding
2. Derivation
3. Conversion
4. Backformation
5. Clipping
6. Blending
7. Acronym
8. Initilism

Morphs and Allomorphs
Morphs are the smallest meaningful
phonetic segments of an utterance on the
level of parole.
An allomorph is a member of a set of
morphs which represent the same
morpheme.
Types of word fomation
1. Compounding
2. Derivation
3. Conversion
4. Backformation
5. Clipping
6. Blending
7. Acronym
8. Initilism

Assignments
Definitions: (1) Clipping (2) Acronyms