Translation 1:

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Translation 1

• MORPHOLOGY

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Todays Objectives

• Learn what a morpheme is.
• Identify some morphemes in your language.
• Identify the process that associated with each
  morpheme.
• Identify your language type.
• Understand the difference between gloss and
  translation.

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What is a morpheme?

• The smallest part of a word that has meaning.
• tree-s
• sing-ing

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Morphological Processes

• Affixation An affix is attached to a root
• The affix can be an prefix, suffix, infix or
  circumfix
• Compounding Two morphemes connect to form one
  word
• Reduplication All or part of the word is
  repeated, resulting in a change in meaning
• Alternation A regular change within the
  morpheme
• Suppletion The whole form changes to change
  meaning

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Language Types

• Isolating Each word is a morpheme.
• Agglutinating Words can be made up of several
  morphemes which are usually easy to identify.
• Fusional Words can be made up of several
  morphemes, but morphemes may not be easy to see.

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Translation and Gloss

• Gloss Communicates the exact meaning of smaller
  units (morphemes). Helps distinguish morphemes
  that make up words.
• Translation Communicates the overall meaning of
  a word, phrase, or sentence in English.

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Translation and Gloss

• Each sentence or phrase of your text should
  follow this example
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• Juma a- li- wa- piga watoto
• Juma 3.S-PST-3.PL-hit children
  John hit the children.
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