26.12.2013 Views

5. Morphology in Relation to Phonology

5. Morphology in Relation to Phonology

5. Morphology in Relation to Phonology

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

F. Plank, <strong>Morphology</strong> I: <strong>5.</strong> <strong>Morphology</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Relation</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Phonology</strong> 26<br />

• Truncations<br />

-ate:<br />

-ous:<br />

-y:<br />

-a:<br />

navigate – navig-able, nom<strong>in</strong>ate – nom<strong>in</strong>-ee<br />

enormous – enorm-ity, glorious – glor-y, no<strong>to</strong>rious – no<strong>to</strong>ri-ety<br />

(but: pompous – pompos-ity)<br />

society – societ-al, facility – facilit-ate, liberty – libert-arian,<br />

allergy – allerg-ic, psychiatry – psychiatr-ist<br />

America – Americ-an

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!