WorksheetsSession 6 Morphology
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 19mins
Watch and jot down 2 facts that you find useful for your conlang creation.
What is a morpheme?
A unit of sound
A unit of meaning
A type of sentence structure
A word's root or stem
Which of the following is a free morpheme in English? (perhaps more than 1 is correct)
-ed (as in "loved")
Ed (a name, short for Edward)
ed- (as in "edit")
add (a verb)
Which morpheme changes the grammatical category of a word?
Inflectional
Derivational
Free
Bound
Thinking in sounds only, which of the following is an allomorph of the English past tense morpheme? (more than 1)
[t] as in walked
[ɪd] as in waited
[d] as in played
[t] as in went
Inflectional morphemes change a word’s essential meaning.
True
False
1 morpheme always corresponds to 1 syllable in a modern Chinese Mandarin word.
True
False
Match the word formation process with an example in English
ice-cream
Compounding
un-true
Derivation
brunch (breakfast & lunch)
Blending
ad (from advertisement)
Clipping
edit (from editor)
Backformation
Match the word formation process with an example in English
tsunami
Borrowing
WTO (World Trade Organisation)
Initialism
FOMO (Fear of missing out)
Acronym
To empty (from adjective empty)
Conversion
Bye-bye
Reduplication
What is an affix?
A free morpheme
A bound morpheme attached to a root
A fixed morpheme that belongs to the stem
A part of a compound word
All prefixes in English are derivational.
True
False
What is an example of an inflectional suffix?
-er (as in teacher)
-s (as in dogs)
-ful (as in joyful)
-ment (as in enjoyment)
Analyse the word "unbelievable" in terms of its (1) morphemes & (2) affixes.
(1) How many morphemes does it have, and what are they?
What is the function of each?
(2) Identify the affixes. What type is each?
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