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    August Schleicher was a 19th century German linguist whose work in comparative linguistics summarized the field up to that time and established the methodology for subsequent research. He aimed to develop a scientific theory of language based on principles of natural science. Schleicher named morphology as a sub-discipline of linguistics in 1859, defining it as the study of the form of words. He was influenced by Hegelian philosophy and pre-Darwinian biology in his approach.

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    August Schleicher was a 19th century German linguist whose work in comparative linguistics summarized the field up to that time and established the methodology for subsequent research. He aimed to develop a scientific theory of language based on principles of natural science. Schleicher named morphology as a sub-discipline of linguistics in 1859, defining it as the study of the form of words. He was influenced by Hegelian philosophy and pre-Darwinian biology in his approach.

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    AUGUST SCHLEICHER

    AUGUST SCHLEICHER
    AUGUST SCHLEICHER
    • born Feb. 19, 1821—died Dec. 6, 1868
    • German linguist whose work in
    comparative linguistics was a summation of
    the achievements up to his time and
    whose methodology provided the
    direction for much subsequent research
    • was influenced by the philosophy of G.W.F.
    Hegel, which he espoused during his
    student days at the University of Tübingen,
    and by pre-Darwinian biology.
    • he aimed to devise a scientific
    theory of language based on principles of
    natural science.
    MORPHOLOGY
    R. Salac
    BSED 1A
    “WHAT IS MORPHOLOGY?”
    - MORPHOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF THE INTERNAL
    STRUCTURE OF WORDS AND FORMS A CORE PART OF
    LINGUISTIC STUDY TODAY.

    - THE TERM MORPHOLOGY IS GREEK AND IS A MAKEUP


    OF MORPH- MEANING ‘SHAPE, FORM’, AND -OLOGY
    WHICH MEANS ‘THE STUDY OF SOMETHING’.

    - MORPHOLOGY AS A SUB-DISCIPLINE OF LINGUISTICS


    WAS NAMED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1859 BY THE
    GERMAN LINGUIST AUGUST SCHLEICHER WHO USED THE
    TERM FOR THE STUDY OF THE FORM OF WORDS.
    (root words)
    lexical • Jump
    • teach
    free

    • *n
    functional • on the
    Morpheme
    • -ed

    Independent
    inflectional • -es
    • s
    words bound

    • ness
    derivational • un
    • ly

    -Dr. J. Madeja
    “HE IS A BOY UNKIND.”
    HE -FREE FUNCTIONAL MORPHEME
    IS - FREE FUNCTIONAL MORPHEME
    A – LEXICAL ?
    BOY –
    A-
    2ND QUIZ:
    ABOUND
    APOLITICAL

    DERIVATIONAL OR FUNCTIONAL?
    ARE YOU
    MORPHOLOGICAL
    AWARE?

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