Midterm Test

Explain the following statements clearly.

A. Morphology is the study of word formation.

B. Morphology is a study emphasizing on word's internal structures.

Count how many word forms, word tokens, and lexemes are in the following sentences:

A. She wears her new gown at her friend's birthday party.

B. Joe is having a conversation with a new friend.

Analyze the following sets of words and decide which group of words that are predictable and does not need to be listed in a dictionary. Provide the rationale.

a) soft, softener, softer, softest, softenest

b) punish, punished, punishing, punishment

c) use, using, used, usage, reuse

d) prescribe, prescribed, prescription, prescriptive

e) consume, consumed, consumer, consuming

Combine the following free morphemes with the bound morphemes below to create 10 possible words.

be-, im-, -ify, -ive,

-ion, -ness, -al, de-,

-ity, re-, -ly

Analyze the following words and classify which are simplex ​ words. Then, explain why.

gorgeous simplicity boundary limited iconic resource​ ​

Analyze the following words to determine the free and bound morphemes composing those words.

a) government

b) understand

c) classmates

d) remake

e) pollutants

f) impressive