Understanding Two Approaches To Morphological Rules
Understanding Two Approaches To Morphological Rules
Understanding Two Approaches To Morphological Rules
APPROACHES TO
MORPHOLOGICAL RULES
The
morpheme-
based model
The word-
based model
PHRASE-STRUCTURE
RULES IN SYNTAX
a. Sentence = noun phrase + verb phrase
b. Noun phrase = (i) determiner (+ adjective) + noun
(ii) sentence
c. Verb phrase = verb (+ noun phrase)
d. Determiner = the, a, some, …
e. Noun = cat, rat, bat, …
f. Verb = chased, thought, slept, …
g. Adjective = big, grey, …
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Sentence noun phrase + verb phrase
Noun phrase determiner + adjective + noun
Verb phrase verb + noun phrase
Noun phrase determiner + noun
Determiner + adjective + noun a big cat
Verb chased
Determiner + noun the bat
Sentence: A big cat chased the bat.
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WORD-STRUCTURE RULE
a. word-form = stem (+ inflectional Word-form stem + inflectional suffix
suffix)
Stem root bag
b. Stem = (i) (deriv. prefix +) root (+
deriv. suffix) Inflectional suffix -s
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Word-form stem
Stem stem + stem
stem root
root cheese
Word-form stem + inflectional suffix root board
Stem derivational prefix + root stem: cheese-board
Derivational prefix un- word-form: cheese-board
root happy
Inflectional suffix -er
Stem : un-happy
Word-form : un-happi-er
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THE WORD BASED MODEL
In the word-based model, the fundamental significance of the word is emphasized and
the relationship between complex words is captured not by splitting them up into parts
and positing a rule of concatenation, but by formulating word-schemas that represent
the features common to morphologically related words.
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