Chapter 3现代语言学.doc

Chapter 3 Morphology 形态学 Definition定义 Morphology is a branch of grammar which studies the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed. 形态学是语法的一个分支，研究词的内部结构和构词规则。 Morphology is divided into two sub-branches: inflectional morphology and lexical or derivational morphology. The former studies the inflections and the latter is the study of word formation. 形态学可分为两个分支科学：屈折形态学和词汇或派生形态学。前者研究词的屈折变化，后者研究词的构成。 Morpheme 语素 The smallest meaningful unit of language语言最小的意义单位。 The meaning morphemes convey may be of two kinds: lexical meaning and grammatical meaning. 语素表达的意义有两种：词汇意义和语法意义。 Types of morphemes 语素的分类 Free morphemes 自由语素 Free morphemes are the morphemes which are independent units of meaning and can be used freely all by themselves or in combination with other morphemes. 自由语素是独立的意义单位，能够独自自由使用，当然也可以和其它语素结合使用。 Bound morphemes 黏着语素 Bound morphemes are the morphemes which cannot be used independently but have to be combined with other morphemes, either free or bound, to form a word. 黏着语素是那些不能单独使用，而必须和其它语素－自由语素或黏着语素－结合在一起以形成一个单词的语素。 Types of bound morphemes 黏着语素的分类 Bound morphemes include two types: roots and affixes 词根和词缀。 A root is often seen as part of word; it can never stand by itself although it bears clear, definite meaning; it must be combined with another root or an affix to form a word. 词根被看作是词的一部分，它有清楚、明确的意思，但不能单独存在，它必须和另一个词根或词缀组合构成单词。 Affixes are of two types: inflectional and derivational 屈折词缀和派生词缀 Inflectional affixes or inflectional morphemes manifest various grammatical relations or grammatical categories such as number, tense, degree, and case. The English inflectional affixes include: 屈折词缀或屈折语素表明各种不同的语法关系或语法范畴，如：数、时态、形容词和副词的级和格。现在英语中的屈折词缀包括： -(e)s, indicating plurality of nouns 表示名词复数 -(e)s, indicating third person singular, present tense 表示现在时的第三人称单数 -(e)d, indicating past tense for all three persons 表示过去时 -ing, indicating progressive aspect 表示进行时 -er, indicating comparative degree of adj. and adverbs表示形容词和副词比较级 -est, indicating sup