Morphology and Syntax

Which word contains an inflectional morpheme?

• Linked

• Example

• Morphology

• This

Which word contains an inflectional morpheme?

• Dogs

• Speech

• Thought

• Gain

Which word contains a derivational morpheme?

• Persians

• Elements

• Killed

• Some

__________is a way in which new words may be formed from already existing words by subtracting an affix which is thought to be part of the word.

• A morpheme is the smallest unit of language which has an independence function.

• A morpheme is the largest unit of language which has an independence function.

• A morpheme is the smallest unit of language which has an dependence function.

• A morpheme is the largest unit of language which has an dependence function.

What is the relative order of morphemes in English word?

• derivational prefix --> base --> derivational suffix(es) --> inflectional suffix

• derivational prefix --> derivational suffix(es) --> inflectional suffix --> base

• derivational suffix --> base --> derivational suffix(es) --> inflectional prefix

• inflectional suffix -> derivational prefix -> base -> derivational suffix(es)

The word "hospitalize" is an example of __________.

• Derivation

• Compound

• Infection

• Blending

__________ refers to the study of the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed.

• Morphology

• Syntax

• Semantic

• Phonology

Morphemes that represent tense, number, gender and case are called __________morphemes.

• Inflectional

• Free

• Bound

• Derivational

The three subtypes of affixes are: prefix, suffix and __________.

• Infix

• Inflectional affix

• Derivational affix

• Back-formation

__________ is a way in which new words may be formed from already existing words by subtracting an affix which is thought to be part of the word.

• Back-formation

• Affixation

• Insertion

• Addition