In the word "government", "govern" is a:

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

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morphology

In the word "frayed", "ed" is a:

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

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morphology

By definition, an affix is a:

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

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morphology

In English, the past tense /-d/ can appear as [-t], [-d], and [-ɪd]. This is an example of:

• infixation

• allophony

• allomorphy

• Phrase Structure Grammar

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morphology

The English past tense /-d/ appears as [-ɪd] after alveolar sounds, [-t] after voiceless sounds, and [-d] after voiced sounds. This is an example of:

• phonological conditioning

• morphological conditioning

• allophony

• semantic conditioning

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morphology

Some verbs do not take the /-d/ past tense ending. For example, think → thought, throw → threw, keep → kept. This is an example of:

• phonological conditioning

• morphological conditioning

• semantic conditioning

• syntactic conditioning

Imagine that you have to write a morphological rule for "re-" as in "redo". Select all of the things that you must includeː

• Form: /ɹi-/

• Formː "re-"

• Behavior: /ɹi-/ + V → V

• Behavior: prefix

• Meaning: do X again

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morphology

The study of meaning is called:

• sociolinguistics

• morphology

• syntax

• semantics

The layperson definition of a noun is "a person, place, or thing". Everything that is a person, place, or thing is indeed a noun. This demonstrates that this definition has:

• low precision

• high precision

• low recall

• high recall

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models

The layperson definition of a noun is "a person, place, or thing". However, words like "weight", "intelligence", and "love" are also nouns. This demonstrates that this definition has:

• low precision

• high precision

• low recall

• high recall

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models