Morphology

Identify the word-formation process:

(a) I have an ant bite on my arm;

(b) It’s important to arm yourself with a solid education.

• blend

• acronym

• proper name

• category extension

Identify the word-formation process:

present + -er = presenter

• derivation

• blend

• back formation

• root creation

What is the allomorph in the word children?

• child

• -en

• ren

A word element that can stand alone as a word.

• Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

A word element that cannot stand alone as a word.

• Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Derivational morpheme

Change the semantic meaning or part of speech of the impacted word when coupled with a root.

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

• Derivational morpheme

Are used to create a variant form of a word in order to signal grammatical information without changing the meanings.

• Free morphemes

• Bound morphemes

• Inflectional morphemes

• Derivational morphemes

What is the smallest unit of the word: inferiority

BEAUTIFULLY is an example of derivational morpheme, from adjective to__________.

Identify the word-formation process: un + happy = unhappy

• A) Derivation

• B) Inflection

• C) Compounding

• D) Blending