11. Morphemes

Question 1

Spelling tends to be?

Answer 1

Conservative

Question 2

Pronunciation changes?

Answer 2

Rapidly and frequently

Question 3

One factor influencing pronunciation changes?

Answer 3

Grammar

Question 4

Grammatical system has two parts:?

Answer 4

Morphology-deals with word forms

Syntax-deals with their functions

Question 5

Compared with pronunciation and spelling, grammar is a?

Answer 5

Logical system

Question 6

English language contains over ____ morphemes

Answer 6

50,000

Question 7

Morphemes are often confused with?

Answer 7

Syllables

Question 8

An inflection is a morpheme used to?

Answer 8

Express grammatical relationship

Question 9

English inflectional morphemes:?

Answer 9

1. Noun inflections: -S (plural) and -S (possessive)
2. Verb inflections: -S (third person sing.), -ed (past tense), and -ing (present participle)
3. Adjective/adverb inflections: -er (comparative) and -set (superlative)

Question 10

Noun inflections:?

Answer 10

-S (plural) and -S (possessive)

Question 11

Verb inflections:?

Answer 11

-S (3rd person singular), -ed (past tense), and -ing (present participle)

Question 12

Adjective/adverb inflections:?

Answer 12

-er (comparative) and -est (superlative)

Question 13

Once a prefix or suffix becomes part of a language it tends to ____?

Answer 13

Remain unchanged

Question 14

Affixes and bases

Answer 14

Act as vocabulary builders by converting words from one part of speech to another

Question 15

Morpheme

Answer 15

The smallest unit of semantic or grammatical meaning, including words, bases, affixes, and inflections

Question 16

Grammatical meaning

Answer 16

Meaning determined by or through syntax and morphology