MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ARTS
ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT.

NAME GODKNOWS

SURNAME NHANGA

MODULE BAEH 211 THEORIES OF LINGUISTICS

REG NUMBER R1916572C

LECTURE DR MANGEYA

LEVEL 2.2

61%

ASSIGNMENT NUMBER 2.

2. Morphology and syntax.

1. Morphological data from Turkey.

[deniz] an ocean [elim] my hand

[denize] to an ocean [eller] hands
[denizin] of an ocean [difler] teeth
[eve] to a house [definizin] of our tooth
[evden] from a house [deflerimizin] of our teeth.

From the data above there are several mophemes and their respective
meanings like

Deniz - ocean
- morpheme [e] changes the word [an ocean ] to, to an ocean.
- morpheme [in] changes meaning from [to an ocean] to [from an
ocean].
Ev - house
- morpheme [ev] mean a house but the additional [e] makes it, [to a
house] eve.
- also morpheme [den] changes meaning [ to a house] to [from a
house].
Elim - my hand
- the morpheme [el] is the root for word hand.
- morpheme [im] changes meaning to my hand
-morpheme [ler] changes meaning from my hand [to hands].
Difler - teeth
- [dif] is the concrete morpheme of the word teeth.
-[mizin] changes meaning from teeth to of our teeth.
8/16 = 50%
A. Some man cheated on their partners. (sentence).

Iii.

Spec Ii.

Nii. Ed Vii.

Spec Ni. Spe Vi.

Dert No. Vo. Pii.

Some man cheat spec. Pi.

Po. Nii.

On. Spec Ni.

Dert. No.

Their

Partner.

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B. Green cattle in the paddock. (noun phrase).

Nii.

Spec Ni.

No. Nii.=

Green spec Ni.

No. Pii.

Cattle spec Pi.

Po. Nii.

In spec Ni.

Dert No.

The paddock.

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c. Marinade the meat with these spices. (verb phrase).

Vii.

Spec Vi.

Vo. Nii.

Marinade spec Ni.

Dert No. Pii.

The meat spec Pi.

Po. Nii.

With spec Ni.

Dert No.

These spices
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18/25 = 72%
(50 + 72)/2 = 61%