MOR104 - Morphological Processes

In this tandem E-Lecture, Prof. Dr. Birte Bös and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Handke discuss the main morphological processes, the two principal ones being inflection and word-formation, and in turn derivation, and compounding. Other processes are not considered in this video. All major processes are exemplified using examples from Present-Day English and other languages. 0:39 Inflection 1:18 Word-Formation 1:56 Productivity 2:43 The Stability of Word-Class 3:32 The Stability of Stress Pattern 4:14 Semantic Transparency 5:24 Summary