Morphology (4th meeting)

What is a morpheme?

• A meaningful sound unit in a word.

• A grammatical structure in a sentence.

• A type of punctuation mark.

• A unit of word order.

Which of the following is an example of a free morpheme?

• Un-

• Cat

• • -Ly

• Anti-

Bound morphemes are best described as:

• Morphemes that can stand alone as words.

• phemes that carry the core meaning of a word.

• Morphemes that cannot function independently and must attach to a free morpheme

• Morphemes that are always suffixes.

Lexical morphemes primarily contribute to a word's:

• Grammatical structure.

• Pronunciation.

• Core meaning.

• Suffixes.

In the word "unhappiness," the morpheme "un-" is an example of:

• A free morpheme.

• A bound morpheme.

• A lexical morpheme.

• A functional morpheme.

What is the primary function of a suffix?

• To modify the meaning of a word.

• To indicate the plural form of a word.

• To attach to the beginning of a word.

• To change the grammatical category of a word.

The morpheme "re-" in "rewrite" is an example of:

• A root morpheme.

• An infix

• A suffix.

• A prefix.

The morpheme "-ly" in the word "quickly" is an example of:

• A prefix.

• An infix.

• A suffix.

• A root morpheme.

In the word "happiness," the morpheme "happy" is an example of:

• A lexical morpheme.

• A bound morpheme.

• A free morpheme.

• A functional morpheme.

In the word "untie," the morpheme "tie" is an example of:

• A free morpheme.

• A bound morpheme.

• A lexical morpheme.

• A functional morpheme.