Chapter 6

Question 1

Morphology

Answer 1

Internal structure of words

Question 2

Morphemes

Answer 2

A minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function

Question 3

Free Morphemes (description)

Answer 3

Are words by themselves, intependent

Question 4

Free morphemes (divided into)

Answer 4

• Lexical morphemes

- Functional morphemes

Question 5

Lexical morphemes

Answer 5

(Free), carry meaning or content of message, open class since new words are added all the time. Word classes included:
	Adjectives
	Verbs 
	Nouns 
	Adverbs

Question 6

Functional morphemes

Answer 6

(Free), grammatical words with no real meaning, e.g. the.  Closed class since it is extremely rare to add new ones. Word classes included:
	Prepositions 
	Conjunctions 
	Determiners
	Pronouns (since they replace the name)

Question 7

Bound morphemes (description)

Answer 7

Tied, must be attatched to another element

Question 8

Bound morphemes (divided into)

Answer 8

• Derivational morphemes

- Inflectional morphemes

Question 9

Derivational morphemes

Answer 9

(Bound), are used to make words with new meanings (destabilize, replay) or a new word class (exactly, moralize).

Derivational suffix change word class, prefixes are always derivational but do not change word class.

Include endings: -un (unlikely), - ness (happiness), -en (worsen), -er (builder).

Question 10

Inflectional morphemes

Answer 10

(Bound), grammatical morphology, always in the end of the word. Never changes the word class of the word but marks number, person or tense.

Include endings: -ed (jumped), -en (taken), -er (faster).

Question 11

Allomorphs

Answer 11

Alternative forms of a morpheme, e.g. a and an