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What is a morpheme conceived of as?
What is a morpheme conceived of as?
- A unit of form only
- A unit of sound and meaning
- A unit of form and meaning (correct)
- A unit of meaning only
What is the central problem with the morpheme according to the text?
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 (correct)
- The difficulty in predicting the meaning of complex signs
- The lack of transparency in idiomatic expressions
- The arbitrary pairing of sounds with meanings
What creates a derived word according to the text?
What creates a derived word according to the text?
- Adding a prefix to a base word
- Using idiomatic expressions
- Combining at least one morpheme with another morpheme (correct)
- Using transparent complex words
What is the meaning of a new complex sign like 'unhappy' predicted from according to the text?
What is the meaning of a new complex sign like 'unhappy' predicted from according to the text?
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What is the 'form' part of the morpheme 'un-' in 'unhappy' called?
What is the 'form' part of the morpheme 'un-' in 'unhappy' called?
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