Study Guide and Terms

Morohology - is the study of word structure Morpheme - the smallest form in language with specific meaning Ding-Dong - theory of language invention holds that humans developed language by repeating sounds made by animals. Derivation - the "-er" suffix in "rocker" is a suffix. Syntactic Rule - the structural elements of sentences can be explained Noam Chomsky - the theory of transformation grammar was developed Noun - the head of the construction "NP -"" …

…in syntactic notation the abbreviation PP stands Affix - what makes a complex words complex? Answer: it contains a root and at least one Circumfix - this type of affix: chitat, to read "" nachitatsa, to read satisfaction Transitive verb - a verb which requires a direct object is known Reduplication - repeating the same element over and over in a pharse Pharse Structure trees - the hierarchical nature of sentences and phrases can be illustrated