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- 20. Derivational Morphology in Arabic ‘ he had a copy made’ iktataba ‘ bookseller’ kutubii ‘ he subscribed’ inkataba ‘ typewriter’ miktaab ‘ he exchanged letters with’ takaataba ‘ letter’ maktuub ‘ he was registered’ ?iktataba ‘ library’ maktaba ‘ he dictated’ ?aktaba ‘ office’ maktab ‘ he corresponded with’ kaataba ‘ writer’ kaatib ‘ he wrote’ kataba ‘ writing’ kitaaba
- 31. Inflectional Morphemes in English tallest, sweetest Superlative Adjective taller, sweeter Comparative Adjective wanting, showing Present participle Verb wanted, shown (or showed) Past participle Verb wanted, showed Past tense Verb (he)swims, (it)breaks Third person Verb car’s, children’s Possessive Noun cars, churches Plural Noun Examples Grammatical Category Lexical Category
- 39. Downsize(verb)make something smaller, upgrade(n,v,adj) Verb Adverb Without(preposition) Preposition Preposition Take-out(verb);stand by(verb);roll on(verb) Preposition Verb Forthwith(adverb) immediately;without delay Preposition Adjective Love-in(noun)a relatively large gathering in which participants experience feelings of love and mutual support Preposition Noun Undercut(verb,noun)cut lower part of something or reduce;a cut made in he lower part Verb Preposition Freeze-dry(verb) Verb Verb Highlight(noun,verb)best part;emphasize something Verb Adjective Browbeat(verb) Verb Noun Over-ripe(adjective) Adjective Preposition Tumbledown(adjective)-dilapidated or ruined and falling down Adjective/adverb Verb Blue-green(adjective) Adjective Adjective Snow white(noun) Adjective Noun Underwater(noun), out fox(verb) outwit somebody Noun Preposition Breakwater(noun) Noun Verb Blackboard(noun) Noun Adjective Football(noun) Noun Noun Compound Head Modifier