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  • What are the inflectional morphemes in these expressions? (e) My parents’ parents were all from Scotland.
    -s’, -s
  • What are the inflectional morphemes in these expressions? (c) She’s younger than me and always dresses in the latest style.
    -er, -es, -est
  • What are the inflectional morphemes in these expressions? (d) We looked through my grandmother’s old photo albums.
    -ed, -’s, -s,
  • Provide equivalent forms, in the languages listed, for the English translations shown on the right below. Tagalog bili (“buy”) – (“will buy”)
    bibili
  • Provide equivalent forms, in the languages listed, for the English translations shown on the right below. Ganda omuloŋgo (“twin”) – (“twins”)
    abaloŋgo
  • What are the inflectional morphemes in these expressions? (b) Do you know how long I’ve been waiting?
    -en, -ing,
  • Provide equivalent forms, in the languages listed, for the English translations shown on the right below. Kanuri nəmkəǰi (“sweetness”) – (“sweet”)
    kəǰi
  • What are the inflectional morphemes in these expressions? Have you eaten yet?
    -en
  • In Indonesian, the singular form translating “child” is anak and the plural form (“children”) is anakanak. What is the technical term used to describe this relationship?
    reduplication (i.e. repeating all or part of a form as a way of indicating, for example, that a noun is plural).
  • Provide equivalent forms, in the languages listed, for the English translations shown on the right below. Ilocano tálon (“field”) – (“fields”)
    taltálon
  • Provide equivalent forms, in the languages listed, for the English translations shown on the right below. Ilocano tawtáwa (“windows”) – (“window”)
    táwa
  • Provide equivalent forms, in the languages listed, for the English translations shown on the right below. Tagalog kain (“eat”) – (“Eat!”)
    kumain
  • What are the allomorphs of the morpheme “plural” in the following set of English words? criteria, dogs, oxen, deer, judges, stimuli
    a (OR on → a); -s; -en; Ø; -es or /-əz/; -i (OR -us → -i)