1. Words are the basic building blocks of language that form phrases and sentences.
2. Words can be categorized as types or tokens, where types are dictionary entries and tokens refer to the number of times a type appears.
3. Some words have predictable meanings based on their sounds or affixes, like onomatopoeic words or words formed from prefixes and suffixes, while other words and phrases have unpredictable meanings, such as idioms and proverbs.
1. Words are the basic building blocks of language that form phrases and sentences.
2. Words can be categorized as types or tokens, where types are dictionary entries and tokens refer to the number of times a type appears.
3. Some words have predictable meanings based on their sounds or affixes, like onomatopoeic words or words formed from prefixes and suffixes, while other words and phrases have unpredictable meanings, such as idioms and proverbs.
1. Words are the basic building blocks of language that form phrases and sentences.
2. Words can be categorized as types or tokens, where types are dictionary entries and tokens refer to the number of times a type appears.
3. Some words have predictable meanings based on their sounds or affixes, like onomatopoeic words or words formed from prefixes and suffixes, while other words and phrases have unpredictable meanings, such as idioms and proverbs.
IKIP PGRI Madiun 1. Words as meaningful building- blocks of language Words are basic in 2 senses: 1. Their meanings that are unpredictable and so must be listed in dictionaries (the meaning is arbitrary/ not logical). 2. They are the building-blocks out of which phrases and sentences are formed. Examples: 1.Month N . Any of twelve portions into which the year is divided 2.Miranda went to Paris last month. NP VP PP sentence 2. Words as : Types and Tokens Example: Mary goes to Edinburgh next week, and she intends going to Washington next month.
Therefore, how many word-types or
word-tokens which are listed in dictionary? So, what’s type? What’s token? Type : words as listed in dictionaries entries Token : type which appear more than once 3. Words with predictable meanings a. Onomatopoeic: Words created to sound like the thing that they name. English Japanese Tagalog Indonesian
Cock-a-doo Kokekokko Kuk-kakauk Kukuruyuk
Meow Nya Niyaw Meong
b. Sound symbolism: set of words which symbolize particular meaning
words that begin with sl-
slip, slop, slurp, slither, slick usually reflected with meaning ‘smoothness’ or ‘wetness’ c. The use of Affixation. Any words that are composed of independently identifiable parts, where the meaning of the parts is sufficient to determine the meaning of whole word. example: dioecious (having male and female flowers) Gingko trees reproduce dioeciously 4. Non-words (phrase and sentence) with unpredictable meaning Idiom -white house -hot spot Proverb -too many cooks spoil the broth -it’s no use crying over spilt milk Conclusion: words vs lexical items Words have 2 characteristics: 1. They are building-blocks for phrases and sentences word 2. Their meanings are unpredictable lexical item