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L04 Morphology: Introduction Morphology: Introduction o Inflectional morphology - Deals with word forms of a root, when there is no change in lexical category. Each word form gives different values of features like gender, number, person, etc. - For a given root, there are many word forms with different features + Ex. Forms of Hindi root laDakA (boy) Case num | direct oblique ------------------------------ | sg | laDakA laDake pl | laDake laDakoM - 'laDakoM' is plural with oblique case - given by feature structure {num=pl, case=obl} - 'laDake' stands for two feature structures + Singular oblique (Ex. laDake ne kahA ...) - where oblique means 'laDake' is followed by a postposition marker + plural direct case (Ex. laDake Aye) o Paradigms - What operation is done on root to obtain word forms - Model using pairs: (delete string, add string) Case num | direct oblique ------------------------------ | sg | (O,O) (A,e) pl | (A,e) (A,oM) o List roots with paradigms they follow: - ghoDA follows paradigm laDakA - charkhA follows paradigm laDakA - laDakA follows paradigm laDakA..........................................NEXT PREVIOUS INDEX