Morphology, clauses and phrases

Question 1

Morphology

Answer 1

Morphology looks at morphemes.
A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning and they make up all words.
A morpheme can either be free, bound, a prefix or a suffix.

Question 2

Free morpheme

Answer 2

Stands on it’s own
‘friend’

Question 3

Bound morpheme

Answer 3

Can be added to the start or end of a free morpheme.
If a bound morpheme is added to the start of a free morpheme, it is called a prefix-bound morpheme.
If it is bound to the end of the free morpheme, it is called a suffix-bound morpheme.
E.g. Un (prefix-bound) + friend (free) + ly (suffix-bound) → unfriendly.

Question 4

Minor sentence

Answer 4

A minor sentence or fragment is NOT an independent full sentence.
For example: ‘that is great’.
Note that this sentence has a subject (that) and a verb (is), but no object. Without an SVO order (subject, verb, object), it is not a grammatically standard sentence.

Question 5

Simple sentence

Answer 5

Single subject and SVO order
‘The cat sat on the mat)