The Words of Language

What is morphology?

• The study of the structure of words.

• The study of the structure of sentences.

• The study of the structure of paragraphs.

What is the mental lexicon?

• The mental dictionary of words and their meanings.

• The mental dictionary of grammar rules.

• The mental dictionary of morphemes.

What is the difference between inflectional and derivational morphology?

• Inflectional morphology involves adding affixes to indicate grammatical information, while derivational morphology involves adding affixes to create new words.

• Inflectional morphology involves adding affixes to create new words, while derivational morphology involves adding affixes to indicate grammatical information.

• Inflectional and derivational morphology are the same thing.

What is the difference between a prefix and a suffix?

• A prefix is an affix that is added to the beginning of a word, while a suffix is an affix that is added to the end of a word.

• A prefix is an affix that is added to the end of a word, while a suffix is an affix that is added to the beginning of a word.

• A prefix and a suffix are infixes or circumfixes.

What is the difference between a bound morpheme and a free morpheme?

• A free morpheme can stand alone as a word, while a bound morpheme cannot.

• A bound morpheme can stand alone as a word, while a free morpheme cannot.

• The difference is the grammatical class. Bound and free morphemes can stand alone as words.

What is the difference between a content word and a function word?

• A content word carries the main meaning of a sentence, while a function word provides grammatical information.

• A function word carries the main meaning of a sentence, while a content word provides grammatical information.

• A content word is a bound morpheme in a sentence, while a function word is a free morpheme.

True or False:

A compound word is a word formed by blending the sounds and meanings of two or more words.

• False

• True

What is the hierarchical structure of words?

• An internal structure composed of morphemes in a fixed order.

• A simple sequence of morphemes.

• A complex sequence of morphemes.

• A random arrangement of morphemes.

What is the root of a word?

• The main part of the word that carries its core meaning.

• The first letters of the word that have meaning.

• The last letters of the word that have meaning.

• The affix of the word.

What is a tree diagram used for in linguistics?

• To represent the hierarchical organization of words and sentences.

• To show the pronunciation of words.

• To indicate the origin of words.

• To list the number of words in a sentence.