Morphology theory test 1

What is morphology?

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

• (B) The study of the rules governing sentence formation

• (C) The study of the rules governing word formation

Which best describes the English language?

• English has complex morphology and less rigid syntax.

• English has less complex morphology but more rigid syntax.

• English has complex morphology and rigid syntax.

• I have no idea

What can words often be divided into?

• Syllables

• Morphemes

• Phonemes

• No idea

Which sentence describes inflectional morphology?

• Adding a morpheme to produce a new word but the same lexeme.

• Adding a morpheme to produce a new word and different lexeme.

• Adding a morpheme to produce the same word but different lexeme.

• I don't know

Which sentence describes derivational morphology?

• Adding a morpheme to produce a new word but the same lexeme.

• Adding a morpheme to produce a new word and a different lexeme.

• Adding a morpheme to produce the same word but a different lexeme.

• My teacher knows, I don't :(

In the English language inflectional morphemes can be...

• Prefixes only

• Suffixes only

• Both prefixes and suffixes

In the English language Derivational morphemes can be...

• Suffiex only

• Prefixes only

• Both prefixes and suffixes