Morphology: Intro to Linguistics [video 4]

In linguistics, morphology is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language. (That is the definition from Wikipedia.)

In this video I will talk about why it is important to know a little about morphology if you are learning languages.

You need to know how your target language deals with prefixes, suffixes, and other types of affixes. Does your target language apply a bunch of affixes onto root words? Are all words single morphemes?

We will also talk about allomorphy. That is, how morphemes can alternate depending on their phonological environment.

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In Chinese there are two words for "word", one is 字 referring to the individual characters, one is 词 referring to the characters that will make sense or give a certain meaning when they are grouped together. Qi chu 起初 is the latter. It combines qi which means begin/start with chu which means first/beginning to be qi chu meaning "in the beginning".

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[takua]

Hello, I'm wondering how we can tell that the Yupik example is a single word with 6 morphemes, instead of 6 words. If a language doesn't have a spelling system, is it possible to tell apart "a word with many phonemes" from "many words"?

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thanks sir but that was not enough to me can you make more videos about morphology like prefixes and suffixes and affexes

[ianstanton]

Hey do you think "button" could be derived from the word "abut"?
Definition of abut:
(transitive verb) 1: to border on : to touch along an edge 2: to cause to touch or lean for support
(intransitive verb) 1: to touch along a border or with a projecting part 2 a): to terminate at a point of contact b): to lean for support

abut-on ---> a button?

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