Morphology quiz

What is morphology?

• The study of the rules governing the sounds that form words

• The study of the rules governing sentence formation

• The study of the rules governing word formation

• The study of the rules governing the relationship between word and social aspects

What is a morpheme?

• The smallest unit of a particular language

• The minimal pair of a chosen phrase

• The smallest meaningful unit of a word

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  The minimal item of a linguistic unit

Which is not an example of "allomorph"?

• The plural morpheme in English (-s, -es, en)

• The negative morphemes in English (un-, im-, il-, in-)

• The morphemes in (go, goes, gone)

 

Choose the example principal 3 distribution complementary!

• here, hear

• s, es, ies

• sea, see

• all answers are correct

Choose the example principal 1 Same form same meaning!

• go, went, gone

• read, cut, sheep

• buyer, worker, singer

• here, hear

Also known as null morphemes, are a type of morpheme that has no visible changes, usually, but changes meaning in some way. That statement is principe..

• Principe 1

• Principe 4

• Principe 5

• Principe 6

Choose the example principal 2 different form but same meaning!

• write, wrote, written

• a, an

• s, es, ies

• all answers are correct

Choose the example principal 5!

• here, head

• see, saw

• two, to

• all answers are correct

How many morphemes does the word "antiestablishment" have?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

What is the main difference between free and bound morphemes?

• Free morphemes are dependent and must be attached to another morpheme where as bound morphemes are independent.

• Free morphemes belong in the open class and all bound morphemes belong in the closed class.

• Free morphemes can stand alone, but bound morphemes have to be attached to a base morpheme/root.