Morphemic structures

Question 1

Define morphology

Answer 1

The study of word structure

Question 2

Define morpheme

Answer 2

Minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function

Question 3

Define stem

Answer 3

The root of a word eg- happi in happiness

Question 4

Define and name the 3 affixes

Answer 4

Prefix - Before the stem/root
Suffix - After the stem/root
Infix -In the middle of the stem eg. adding bloody to make absobloodylutely

Question 5

Define free morpheme

Answer 5

Can stand alone eg. grace in graceful

Question 6

Define bound morpheme

Answer 6

Cannot stand alone eg. ful in graceful

Question 7

Define bound stem

Answer 7

A stem that cannot occur separately from other morphemes

Question 8

Define lexical morpheme

Answer 8

Content/full words that have meaning when used on their own

Question 9

Define functional morpheme

Answer 9

Grammatical/structural words that show relationships in sentences

Question 10

Define bound inflectional morpheme

Answer 10

Realised by bound suffixes in English, convey grammatical meanings

Question 11

Define bound derivational morpheme

Answer 11

Create new lexemes, can change meaning and word class