Morphology Quiz

The rules of word formation and the analysis of the internal structure of words.

The study of word construction and the arrangement of morphemes.

The smallest meaningful units in a language.

<p>Two.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A morpheme that can stand alone as a single, independent word.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A morpheme that must be attached to another morpheme to form a word.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Yes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Yes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>-ment in management.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A root morpheme carries the main meaning of a word and cannot be analyzed any further, while a bound root cannot stand alone as a word and is usually of Greek and Latin origin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Allomorphs are different forms of a morpheme that have consistent meanings but appear in different forms depending on the environment where they occur. An example is the plural form -s of English nouns, which may be pronounced [s], [z], or [iz].</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An affix is a morpheme that can't stand on its own and has to attach to something, such as prefixes and suffixes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stem is the part of a word that remains after all inflectional suffixes are removed, but any derivational affixes are left in place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>-ment, as in management or un as in unhappy, are examples of bound morphemes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The two types of roots are root morphemes and bound roots.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The root morpheme in the word 'liberty' is 'liber,' which means 'free.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A free root is a stand-alone word, while a bound root cannot stand alone as a word and is usually of Greek and Latin origin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An affix is a morpheme that can't stand on its own and has to attach to something, while a stem is the part of a word that remains after all inflectional suffixes are removed, but any derivational affixes are left in place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The indefinite article is -a or -an, depending on if the following word begins with a vowel or a consonant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bound</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>root</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Allomorphs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prefixes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Suffixes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>root</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Free</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>stem</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bound</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>morphology</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>sent</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>words</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Morphemes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>function</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bound</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>root</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>morphology</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>man</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>bound</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the following essay</p> Signup and view all the answers