Morphology - The Hierarchical Structure of Words

What is Morphology ?

• The Study of patterns of sounds in a language

• Combine sentences

• A minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function

• The analysis of structure of words

What is a Morpheme ?

• The study of meaning in language

• It is a sentence

• The arrangement of words and phrases

• A minimal unit of a sentence

The morpheme -ful in the words of successful and beautiful are:

• Suffixes

• Free morphemes

• Prefixes

• Bound morphemes

The morpheme -im in the words impolite and impatient are:

• Content morphemes

• Prefixes

• Free morphemes

• Suffixes

If the word 'yellow' is added the suffix -ish, the resulting word is....

• A verb

• A noun

• An adjective

• An adverb

What is morphological analysis of the word 'unhappiness' ?

• Un- (prefix) + happy (root word) + -ness (suffix)

• Un- (prefix) + happy (root word) + -ly (suffix)

• Un- (prefix) + happy (root word) + -ness (prefix)

If the word 'proud' is added the suffix -ly, the resulting word is...

• A noun

• A verb

• An adverb

• An adjective

_______ modify the meaning of the stem, but usually do not change the part of speech

of the original word.

• Suffixes

• Affixes

• Prefixes

• Roots

How many morphemes are in the word 'blindness' ?

• 6

• 4

• 3

• 2

What is the key difference between prefixes and suffixes ?

• Prefixes occur after the root, while suffixes occur before the root

• Prefixes are free morphemes, while suffixes are bound morphemes

• Prefixes are always derivational, while suffixes are always inflectional

• Prefixes occur before the root, while suffixes occur after the root