Morphophonology and Phonology Interplay
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What is the primary function of morphology in understanding language?

  • To develop grammatical rules for sentence construction
  • To analyze the structure of words and their relationships (correct)
  • To explore the meaning of individual sentences
  • To study the sound of words
  • Which type of morpheme is 'un-' in the word 'unhappy'?

  • Inflectional morpheme
  • Derivational morpheme
  • Bound morpheme (correct)
  • Free morpheme
  • What is the process of adding a suffix to a root to change its meaning?

  • Derivational process (correct)
  • Morphological analysis
  • Phonological analysis
  • Inflectional process
  • What is the term for the study of the meaning of individual morphemes?

    <p>Semantics (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of speech is identified by its distinct structural features, such as 'dog' being a noun?

    <p>Noun (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of changing the order of words in a sentence?

    <p>The sentence's meaning can completely change (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process of adding a morpheme to a root to indicate grammatical relationships, such as 'dog' becoming 'dogs'?

    <p>Inflectional process (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a group of words that function together as a unit, such as 'the big red car'?

    <p>Noun phrase (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the root of the word 'playful'?

    <p>Play (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do words with similar or opposite meanings, or those that sound alike, contribute to the meaning of a sentence?

    <p>They reveal subtle nuances in the sentence's meaning (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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