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Morphology is the branch of linguistics that studies the structure of ______.
words
A ______ is a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function.
morpheme
The teacher restructured the final exam, where 're-' is a ______ standing for again.
minimal unit of meaning
An ______ is a morpheme that is generally added to the beginning or the end of a root word.
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Full words are also known as ______ words that mainly 'carry' meaning.
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A ______ word is a word consisting of a single morpheme, such as 'item', 'five', or 'chunk'.
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A ______ word is a word that is formed from two or more simple or complex words.
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Bound morphemes are the morphemes which cannot normally stand alone but need to be attached to other forms, such as prefixes and ______.
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Study Notes
Morphology
- Morphology is the branch of linguistics that studies the structure of words.
- A morpheme is a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function.
Morphemes
- Morphemes can be classified into two types: free morphemes and bound morphemes.
- Free morphemes are morphemes that can stand by themselves as separate words (e.g., structure, like, go, work, friend).
- Bound morphemes are morphemes that cannot normally stand alone but need to be attached to other forms (e.g., re-, -ed, -s, -ing).
Affixes
- An affix is a morpheme that is generally added to the beginning or the end of a root word.
- Affixes can change the word meaning.
- There are three types of affixes: prefixes, suffixes, and infixes.
- Prefixes are attached before the root (e.g., prepaid).
- Suffixes are attached after the root (e.g., books).
- Infixes are attached inside the root (e.g., kaateb).
Words
- A distinction is made between lexical and grammatical words.
- Lexical words (full words) mainly 'carry' meaning (e.g., doctor, make, happy).
- Grammatical words (empty words) mainly fulfil a grammatical function (e.g., and, in, to, for, because).
Types of Words
- Simple words are words consisting of a single morpheme (e.g., item, five, chunk, the).
- Complex words are words consisting of a root plus one or more affixes (e.g., items, walked, dirty).
- Compound words are words formed from two or more simple or complex words (e.g., landlord, football, mail carrier).
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Description
This quiz covers the fundamentals of morphology, a branch of linguistics that studies the structure of words, and affixes, which are morphemes added to the beginning or end of a word.
