English Morphosyntax Overview

The structure of words

Morphology and syntax

not

<p>un, believ, able</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A lexeme is the dictionary form of a word. The lexeme for &quot;running&quot; is &quot;run&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lexical and grammatical</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>run (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;Unbelievable&quot; is a polymorphemic word because it has multiple morphemes. An example of a monomorphemic word is &quot;friend&quot;.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adding &quot;s&quot; to &quot;friend&quot; to make it &quot;friends&quot; to show plural</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Creating the verb &quot;WhatsApp&quot; from the noun &quot;WhatsApp&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To fit words into sentences, to make them fit into contexts, and to make them grammatically correct</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To create new words and meanings</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It indicates possession, measurement, or origin, but it can also be used to show plural</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The creation of new words and meanings</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To understand the smallest meaningful units of language, to analyze how these units are realized in speech and writing, and to understand how they vary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Morphemes are abstract ideas representing the smallest meaningful units of language, while morphs are the concrete physical realization of these units in spoken or written language.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An allomorph is a variation of a morpheme. They are important because they show how language is not always consistent and can have irregular patterns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The study of how words are structured.

A set of rules that govern how we understand language.

The smallest meaningful unit of language.

The core meaning of a word.

Elements added to a root to change its meaning or function.

An affix that comes before a root.

An affix that comes after a root.

A word that has only one morpheme.

A word that has multiple morphemes.

The dictionary form of a word.

A grammatical change that modifies a word to fit its context.

A type of morphology that focuses on grammatical changes.

A type of morphology that focuses on creating new words.

A morpheme that shows relationships between words.

A morpheme that carries the main meaning of a word.

The physical representation of a morpheme in speech or writing.

Variations of a morpheme.

A morpheme that indicates possession.

Verbs that don't follow the regular pattern of past tense or participles.

A process where two words are blended to create a new word.

The study of sentence formation.

A word that can be used as both a noun and a verb.

A word that is created from another word, often by adding an affix.

Words that have the same form but different meanings.

Words that have the same spelling but different meanings and pronunciations.

Words that have the same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings.

A word that has opposite meanings.

A word that has similar meaning.

A word that expresses a particular attitude or feeling.

The dictionary definition of a word.