Morphology 1
Trương Văn Ánh
Trường Đại học Sài Gòn
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Chapter 1
Introduction to Morphology
Morphology is the study of Morpheme and their different forms (allomorphs), and the way they combine in word formation.
Ex: The English word unhappiness is formed from happy, the adjective – forming suffix ness and the negative prefix un.
Morphology (Greek: morphe  form and logy  study) is the study of the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed.
Morphology is a branch of linguistics which deals with the structure and form of words.
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+ Two levels of Morphology
1. Paradigmatic morphology: the study of parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.) and the formation of these. There are two kinds of paradigms: derivational and inflectional.
2. Syntagmatic morphology: the study of the use of parts of speech (an adjective is used to modify a noun, etc.) and the study of phrases: noun+noun, adj+noun, verb+noun, verb+adv, etc.
Branches of Morphology: Inflectional & Derivational Morphology
- Inflectional Morphology: the same part of speech, but different forms
Ex: use (v): uses, using, used
- Derivational Morphology: different forms and different parts of speech.
Ex: use (v): user (n); useful (adj); usefully (adv)









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