Morphology revision

What is a morpheme?

• A syllable

• A component of mental grammar that deals with types of words and how words are formed out of smaller meaningful pieces and other words.

• The most elemental unit of language that carries meaning.

• A syllable that carries meaning.

How many morphemes are there in the word “Antidisestablishmentarianism”?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

In which of the following examples should the ‘a’ be treated as a bound morpheme?

• amoral

• a table

• • AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)

• anorack

"Spanglish" is an example of (a)

• coinage

• compound

• blend

• derivative

"Xerox" is an example of

• borrowing

• clipping

• derivation

• coinage

"Jeans" is an example of

• coinage

• eponym

• word building

• compound

Inflectional morphemes are productive

• TRUE

• FALSE

Derivational morphemes are always prefixes

• TRUE

• FALSE

"sickie" is an example of

• hypocorism

• blend

• calque

• backformation

Shipping, naval terms in English are frequently borrowings from

• Latin

• Spanish

• Italian

• Dutch