morphemes

Question 1

how can we group morphemes?

Answer 1

Free and bound

Question 2

Bound morphemes have 2 types:

Answer 2

inflectional and derivational

Question 3

What are compound words?

Answer 3

Sometimes two or more free morphemes are joined together to make a new word,

Question 4

inflectional morphemes are found where in eng?

Answer 4

suffixes only

Question 5

what is blending?

Answer 5

Words can be blended together to make a new word brexit

Question 6

what is the stem of uncomfortable

Answer 6

comfort

Question 7

what is the stem?

Answer 7

main part of the word, used to make sense (the root) extra bits are not the stem

Question 8

what is morphology?

Answer 8

The area of word structure

Question 9

words can be broken down into…

Answer 9

Morphemes

Question 10

What is a morpheme?

Answer 10

Smallest unit of meaning in a word

Question 11

what can free morphemes do?

Answer 11

can stand alone as a word in its own right.

Question 12

what can’t a bound morpheme do?

Answer 12

cannot stand alone. It has to be attached to a free morpheme.

Question 13

ex of: cat cow teacher

Answer 13

free, free, teach free -er bound

Question 14

list some free morphemes

Question 15

bound morphemes add what to a stem word

Answer 15

affixes

Question 16

an affix at the beginning is called?

Answer 16

prefix

Question 17

an affix at the end of a word is called?

Answer 17

suffix

Question 18

what is special about infixes

Answer 18

in the middle of a word dont have these in eng

Question 19

Inflectional has to do with_______

Derivational has to do with ______________

Answer 19

grammer, changing meaning

Question 20

grammatical functions match with

Answer 20

inflectional morphemes

Question 21

how do nouns use inflectional morphemes for grammatical functions?

Answer 21

plural -s

possession-‘s,s’

Question 22

give ex of noun with inflectional morphemes

Answer 22

anything with a s,’s or s’

plural/possession

Question 23

how to verbs use inflectional morphemes to show grammatical functions?

Answer 23

verb markers -ed, -s, -ing, -en

Question 24

give ex of verb being used inflectionally

Answer 24

any verb with -ed, -s, -ing, -en

Question 25

how to adjectives and some adverbs show grammatical functions?

Answer 25

comparative -er | superlative-est

Question 26

ex of adverb/adjective used inflectionally

Answer 26

-er, -est

Question 27

what word classes are affected by inflectional morphemes?

Answer 27

nouns, verbs, adj,adv

Question 28

derivational morphemes can be used to make changes to a

Answer 28

word's meaning

Question 29

un is an example of what morpheme?

Answer 29

bound, derivational

Question 30

actor is an example of what type of morpheme

Answer 30

bound derivational

Question 31

bound morphemes are the bits that give the most info

Question 32

when affixes are used to change --------- they change dictionary definition as well

Answer 32

meaning

Question 33

what adds particular meaning to free morphemes?

Answer 33

prefixes and suffixes

Question 34

un means

Answer 34

oppositeness

Question 35

pre means

Answer 35

before

Question 36

-er means

Answer 36

person connected with/person who does...

Question 37

-ness means

Answer 37

state of being

Question 38

in a compound where is the head of the word?

Answer 38

the right most word is the head of the compound whereas the left has an adjectival quality and described the head word

Question 39

how many morphemes is: He will recover the chair | ?

Answer 39

re/cover=2

Question 40

how many morphemes ins he will recover from his cold?

Answer 40

recover=1 | check context what does the word mean before sperate into morphemes

Question 41

the smallest ______ of meaning is a _________

Answer 41

unit, morpheme

Question 42

what are portmanteau words

Answer 42

blends

Question 43

what are ginormous and brunch an example of

Answer 43

blends

Question 44

can blends and compuds also have affixations

Answer 44

yes

Question 45

label whats happening in ginormously

Answer 45

blend+suffix ly

Question 46

label what's happening here? footprints

Answer 46

compound +inflectional foot/print/s