Exam

Question 1

Morphology

Answer 1

The study of the internal structure of words in a langaugae

Question 2

Morpheme

Answer 2

Parts of words ; prefix, stem, suffix

Question 3

FREE morphemes

Answer 3

A single word consisting of a single morpheme;
has potential for independent occurrence
ex. DUCKling FARMer
lexical and functional morphemes are part of free morphemes.

Question 4

LEXICAL morphemes

Answer 4

Belong to the ‘OPEN’ word class; ‘open’ because new items can be added to it. include NOUNS, VERBS, ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
ex. GIRL - GIRLs, HOUSE- HOUSEs

Question 5

FUNCTIONAL morphemes

Answer 5

Belong to the 'CLOSED' class function of words in english; PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, PRONOUNS AND DETERMINERS 
ex. and, but, when, if

Question 6

BOUND morphemes

Answer 6

Cannot stand alone,
typically attached to another form; plurals -s
prefixes -un
suffixes -est
INFLECTIONAL AND DERIVATIONAL are part of bound morphemes

Question 7

INFLECTIONAL morphemes

Answer 7

Indicate aspects of the GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION of a word
they indicate whether a word is ; -singular/plural
-present/ past tense
-comparative/possesive
form

Question 8

DERIVATIONAL morphemes

Answer 8

Create new lexical items; through the addidtion of suffixes (-ness, -est) and prefixes (un- , pre-)