Morphology theory check 1

Morphology is a branch of linguistics which deals with _________. 

_________ morphemes are morphemes that can stand by themselves as single words.

A _________ is the central morpheme, the basic part of a word

An ______ is a morpheme (usually a bound morpheme) that occurs before or behind a base.

An _______ is any of the different forms of a morpheme.

Derivation is the formation of new words by adding _________to other words or morphemes

The process of adding an affix to a word or changing it in some other way according to the rules of the grammar of a language is called ___________.

A__________ is the smallest linguistic unit which can occur on its own speech or writing

_________is the process whereby a word is formed from the initials or beginning segments of a succession of words.

________is the process of cutting off the beginning or the end of a word, or both, leaving a part to stand for the whole.