Case task №1 I. Formulation of the case-task. The system of Consonant and Vowel phonemes of the English language

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Case № 8
I Formulation of the case-task:
Morphological structure of English words
Besides the semasiological point of view words may also be distinguished from other fundamental language unit, namely, the morpheme. Morphemes occur in speech only as constituent parts of words. Although words may consist of a single morpheme. Morphemes are indivisible into smaller meaningful units. That’s why the morpheme may be defined as minimum meaningful language unit.
According to the role they play in constructing words morphemes are subdivided into: root and affixes. The latter are further subdivided according to their position, their function and meaning into some other groups.
II Try to find out the solutions of the following problems:
1.Give a full description of structure of English words on the basis of the given brief information. Make use of the tables, schemes, diagrams etc.
2.Give some information about the root and affixes. Give examples.
3.Speak about derivational and functional affixes. Point out their differences.
4.How do we classify affixes from the point of view of etymology? Give examples.
III Add a suffix for each stem, some suffixes are not possible.
act ful / ion / or annoy ed / ance /ing /ment astonish ing / ed / ful / ment / aware ing / ness / ment care ness / ful / less cheer able / ful / less / ion child ment / hood / less / ful comfort ion / able / ical companion ment / ship / ful content able / ment / ed / ing depress less / ion / ive / ical disappoint ous / ment / ful embarrass er / ment / ing / ed entertain less / ment / ion / er fight er / ing / ed
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Case № 9
I Formulation of the case-task:Word formation system in the English language
To speak and understand a language means - among many other things - knowing the words of that language. The average speaker knows thousands of words, and new words enter our minds and our language on a daily basis.
Word-formation – is a branch of linguistics, which studies the patterns on which a language forms new lexical items (new unities, new words). It is the creation of new words from elements already existing in the language. One of the productive way of word formation is an affixation, i.e. the process of forming words by combining root and affixal morphemes according to certain patterns specific for the language.