Morphology I

Morphology deals with the analysis of words into meaningful units.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

A morpheme is...

• a kind of word.

• the smallest meaningful unit.

• the concrete realization of sounds.

• the abstract concept of sounds.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.K.3A

CCSS.RF.K.3B

CCSS.RF.K.3D

There are also morphemeless words.

• false

• true

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Zero morphs are forms that...

• do not exist.

• have a regular shape.

• are marked overtly.

• not marked overtly.

Morphemes that occur without any other (bound-)morphemes are called free morphemes.

• true

• false

Parts of the word that serve as basis for attaching other morphemes are called....

• branches.

• bounds.

• bases.

• free.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Bases which are simplex are called roots.

• false

• true

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

The morphological expression of grammatical information and categories is termed inflection.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Affixes that serve to create new lexemes are called derivational.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Inflectional morphemes in English are...

• only suffixes.

• only prefixes.

• infixes.

• pre- and suffixes.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F