UNIT 1 Rev

Notes

• Review of Basic Morphological Concepts The lexeme is a sign pairing form with meaning (and possibly other information). For example, the lexeme CAT includes: Phonology: /kæt/; Semantics: [CAT]. Refer to Aronoff & Fudeman (2011: 43-46). Inflected forms of a lexeme are word forms that realize inflectional features like [Number: Plural] or [Tense: Past]. These forms are generated by rules and principles in the inflectional morphology component of grammar. An essential part of this is listing inflectional features, which are language-specific but recurrent across languages. Notational conventions include: LEXEME in small capitals (e.g., CAT), meaning in quotes or brackets (e.g., [CAT]), words in italics (e.g., words), roots in phonetic transcription (e.g., ru:ts). Remember, lexemes are abstract; the lexeme for ‘cat’ is labeled CAT but could be called ‘Lexeme 100’. Meanings are formalized with brackets, a convention reflecting how meanings might be stored in our brains. • Paradigms Inflected forms of a lexeme form paradigms. For example, ‘climbed’ is a single form of lexeme CLIMB but has two grammatical descriptions: past and participle, representing two different grammatical word...