Morphology

Morphology studies ___.

• sentence formation

• word formation

• the meaning of words

• word pronunciation

Lexical Morphemes have meaning by themselves while Grammatical Morphemes do not.

• True

• False

Grammatical Morphemes are typically __(choose 3)__.

• nouns

• articles

• verbs

• prepositions

• conjunctions

Which type of morpheme can stand alone?

• Free Morphemes

• Bound Morphemes

Two examples of Free Morphemes would be ___ and ___.

• free

• forgetful

• time

• stressed

Which type of morphemes consist of a root and an affix?

• Free Morpheme

• Bound Morpheme

Two examples of Bound Morphemes would be ___ and ___.

• surprisingly

• woman

• save

• inconsiderate

Affixes can be subdivided into ___ and ___.

• roots

• prefixes

• suffixes

Lexical Morphemes are typically __(choose 3)__.

• nouns

• prepositions

• verbs

• adjectives

• articles

The picture above demonstrates the 8 Derivational Morphemes in the English language.

• True

• False