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What is Morphology?
the study of morphemes and their arrangements in forming word
What are morphemes?
most morphemes areclear in meaning
minimal units of meaning or grammatical function
which may constitute words or parts of words
All are correct
CHARACTERISTICS OF A MORPHEME?
can be a word or part of a word
All are correct
cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts
can recur in another word with a stable meaning
A morpheme can be ____-syllabic or ____-syllabic.
mono - poly
What are free morphemes?
Dependent morphemes that can only occur as part of a word
Independent morphemes that can stand alone as words
What is a base?
the main part or the core of a word
the morpheme attached to the base
What is a free base?
a free morpheme as the base in a word
What is a bound base?
a bound morphme that makes the principal meaning in a word.
What are affixes?
the morphemes attached to the base
the morphemes that are the main parts of words
Affixes can be classified according to their ___ (before, aften and within the base) or their _____ (grammatical or lexical)
position - function
function - position
Affixes are those that show grammatical functions?
Derivational affixes
Inflectional or grammatical affixes
This kind of affix serves a lexical function?
Inflectional affixes
Grammatical affixes
Derivational affixes
How many kinds of inflectional affixes in English?
9
10
7
8
How many inflectional affixes that can appear in a word?
4
2
1
3
Two types of of derivational affixes?
Class-maintaining and class-changing derivational affixes
A class-maintaining derivational affix is defined as the one that does not change the class of the word to which it is added. Most ____ are of this type.
prefixes
infixes
suffixes
