Morphology quiz #1

The study of word formation

• Syntax

• Phonology

• Morpholoqy

• Morphology

The smallest unit of language that has

its own meaning

• Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound Morpheme

• Word

re- & pre-

• Infixes

• Prefixes

• Affixes

• Bound affixes

-ize & -er

• Infixes

• Prefixes

• Suffixes

• Bound affixes

One or more morphemes that can stand alone in a language

• Morpheme

• Word

• Bound morpheme

• Phrase

Giraffe, fraud, murmur, oops, etc.

• Simplex words

• Phrase

• Complex words

• Lexemes

Forming new lexemes from old

ones

• Phrase formation

• Word formation

• Lexeme formation

• Free formation

amuse → amusement

• Level-changing lexeme formation

• Category-changing lexeme formation

• Meaning-changing lexeme formation

• category and meaning-changing lexeme formation

happy → unhappy

• Level-changing lexeme formation

• Category-changing lexeme formation

• Meaning-changing lexeme formation

• category and meaning-changing lexeme formation

wash → washable

• Level-changing lexeme formation

• Category-changing lexeme formation

• Meaning-changing lexeme formation

• category and meaning-changing lexeme formation