v6a - Morphology, part 1

(1) Modern Art Background images, in order:
• "Morphology" by DS Bigham, 2013
• "Yellow & Green", by Mark Rothko, 1954 (top half)
• "Earth & Green", by Mark Rothko, 1955 (bottom half)
• "No. 2, Blue Red & Green", by Mark Rothko, 1953 (top half)
• I cannot find the name of this particular Piet Mondrian composition, c. 1930ish. It might not even be him. It might be an imitation.
• "The Spatial Effect of Colors and Forms", by Eugen Batz, 1929
• "Upward", by Josef Albers, c. 1926
• "Homage to the Square: Blue, White, Grey", by Josef Albers, 1951.
• "Homage to the Square: Late Sound", by Josef Albers, 1964.
• ??? [Interaction of Color: V3-b, perhaps?... 1973, perhaps?], by Josef Albers
• "Yellow and Green Brushstrokes", by Roy Lichtenstein, 1966.
• "Yellow Still Life", by Roy Lichtenstein, 1974
• "Bananas and Grapefruit I", by Roy Lichtenstein, 1972.
• "Yellow Brushstroke I", by Roy Lichtenstein, 1965.
• "Untitled", by Jackson Pollock, c. 1948-49
• "Seven Red Paintings" (detail), by Jackson Pollock, c. 1950
• "Red Composition", by Jackson Pollock, 1946
• "No. 7", by Jackson Pollock, 1950
• "Free Form", by Jackson Pollock, 1946
• "The Flame", by Jackson Pollock, 1938
• "Composition in Black and White, with Double Lines", by Piet Mondrian, 1934.

Morphology is the study of the interaction of form and meaning; parts that have meaning but only when combined into other parts; "the word" deconstructed. Modern art.

(2) I assume the Lego minifigs are (c) Lego Group.

(3) Book image taken from:

(4) Image of Austin Books & Comics taken from:

(5) Bamf & Snikt images probalby (c) Marvel Comics.

(7) 4:38 - Some people make a distinction between ROOTS and STEMS.

(8) "Justice League" by Alex Ross

(9) The Roy Lichtenstein foundation website is baller:

(11) 12:09 - Agentive progressive. Note that "agentive possessive" for verb forms like a-huntin' is not an accepted term. I made it up while I was making this video. It's usually called "a-prefixing" and analyzed as a prefix (a-) on a verb that ends in -ing. But, for my money, if a prefix has a required suffix, that's a circumfix. Feel free to debate in the comments!

(12) 12:20 - The word "children" actually has two archaic plurals: -r, the original plural form (1 child, 2 childr) and -en, the current plural (except in cases where it's not and you have one child, but "all the childrens"). Language changes; in this case, the -r plural --because it was uncommon and unproductive-- got reanalyzed as something other than a plural marker. Here's a link about it:

(13) Julian Sands, I know your true name!

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I've enjoyed watching the lesson. Congrats and thank you very much for the opportunity to learn a little bit of English linguistics in a entertaining way. Spanish chap learning English.