5 Questions
What is a morpheme conceived of as?
A unit of form and meaning
What is the central problem with the morpheme according to the text?
Not all morphological phenomena can be accounted for by a neat one-to-one mapping of form and meaning
What creates a derived word according to the text?
Combining at least one morpheme with another morpheme
What is the meaning of a new complex sign like 'unhappy' predicted from according to the text?
The meanings of its parts (compositional)
What is the 'form' part of the morpheme 'un-' in 'unhappy' called?
Morph
Test your understanding of the notion of morpheme and its application in analyzing the internal structure of complex words with this quiz. Explore the problems associated with the morpheme as the central morphological unit and its role as a unit of form and meaning.
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