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What is the study of word formation in linguistics called?
Which of the following is NOT a morpheme?
In the word 'unbirthday,' how many morphemes are present?
What type of morpheme is the word 'rainy'?
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What is a word according to the provided text?
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Which of the following words is a simple word?
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In the word 'friendships', how many morphemes are present?
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What does the morpheme 'ante' mean in the word 'antedate'?
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Which of the following words has the most morphemes?
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Which of the following words is a complex word?
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Study Notes
Morphology
- Morphology is the study of word formation, including the ways new words are coined in languages and how word forms vary depending on their sentence usage.
Morpheme
- A morpheme is the smallest unit of language with its own meaning or grammatical function.
- Morphemes can be:
- Simple words like "giraffe", "wiggle", or "yellow"
- Prefixes like "re-" and "pre-"
- Suffixes like "-ise" and "-er"
- A morpheme cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts.
Types of Words
- A word is one or more morphemes that can stand alone in a language.
- Simple or simplex words consist of only one morpheme, like "giraffe" or "murmur".
- Complex words are made up of more than one morpheme, like "opposition" or "crystallise".
Word Composition
- A single word may be composed of one or more morphemes:
- One morpheme: "boy"
- Two morphemes: "boyish" (boy + ish)
- Three morphemes: "boyishness" (boy + ish + ness)
- Four morphemes: "ungentlemanliness" (un + gentle + man + li + ness)
- More than four morphemes: "ungentlemanliness" (un + gentle + man + li + ness)
Exercises
- Identify the number of morphemes in each word:
- play (1)
- replay (2)
- man (1)
- manly (2)
- etc.
- Divide words into morphemes:
- password (pass + word)
- sprayable (spray + able)
- childhoods (child + hood + s)
- etc.
- Identify whether words are simple or complex:
- a.members (complex)
- b.prioritise (complex)
- c.scissors (simple)
- etc.
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Test your knowledge on morphology and morphemes in linguistics. Learn about word formation, new word coining, and variations in word forms based on usage in sentences.
