MORPHOLOGY

The study of how words are formed and structured, playing a crucial role in understanding language.

• Lexicon

• Morphology

• Linguistics

• Morpheme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Refers to the kind of morpheme that can stand alone and has its own meaning.

• bound

• lexical

• inflectional

• free

How many morphemes are there in the word uneventfulness?

• 6

• 5

• 4

• 3

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What do you call the building blocks of morphology?

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Affixes are considered as bound morpheme.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

There are 18 Inflections in English.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs and verbs are lexical morphemes.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Inflectional morphemes changes the grammatical function of the word.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Morphology determine the rules by which words are formed.

• FALSE

• TRUE

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Think of a word with 4 morphemes.