How many kinds of inflectional affixes in English?
10
9
8
7
CHARACTERISTICS OF A MORPHEME?
can recur in another word with a stable meaning
can be a word or part of a word
All are correct
cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts
When is a BASE called a ROOT?
a word is added by a inflectional affix to form a new word
a word is added by a derivational affix to form a new word
What is the meaning of the bound base "-fer"?
to take
to carry, to bear
to hold
to shut
In words "mouthful" and "successful", the same morpheme "ful" are called?
morphemic homophones
What is the meaning of the bound base "-clude"?
to take
to carry
to shut, to close
to hold
Affixes can be classified according to their ___ (before, aften and within the base) or their _____ (grammatical or lexical)
position - function
function - position
What are homographs?
Words with the same spelling, different meanings, can be pronouced the same or different
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
This kind of affix serves a lexical function?
Inflectional affixes
Grammatical affixes
Derivational affixes
What are affixes?
the morphemes that are the main parts of words
the morphemes attached to the base
What are allomorphs?
Words with the same spelling, different meanings
Pairs of words which are pronouncesd almost the same
Words with the same sounds, different spelling and meanings
Variants or different realizations of a morpheme
What is Morphology?
the study of morphemes and their arrangements in forming word
What is a base?
the main part or the core of a word
the morpheme attached to the base
What are free morphemes?
Independent morphemes that can stand alone as words
Dependent morphemes that can only occur as part of a word
What is the meaning of the bound base "-tain"?
to take
to shut
to bear
to hold
Two types of of derivational affixes?
Class-maintaining and class-changing derivational affixes
What is the meaning of the bound base "-cide"?
to kill
to take
to shut
to perrform
Affixes are those that show grammatical functions?
Inflectional or grammatical affixes
Derivational affixes
When is a BASE called a STEM?
a word is added by a derivational affix to form a new word
a word is added by a inflectional affix to form a new word
a word is added by a inflectional affix to show gram funct
It is possible that _________.
a stem includes a root
a root includes a stem
A stem _______.
can be bound or free
is always free
How many inflectional affixes that can appear in a word?
2
3
4
1
What are homophones?
Pairs of words which are pronouncesd almost the same
Words with the same sounds, different spelling and meanings
Words with the same spelling, different meanings
What is a free base?
a free morpheme as the base in a word
What is the meaning of the bound base "-port"?
to shut, to close
to take
to hold
to carry
What are morphemes?
most morphemes areclear in meaning
which may constitute words or parts of words
minimal units of meaning or grammatical function
All are correct
What are minimal pairs?
Pairs of words which are pronouncesd almost the same
Words with the same spelling, different meanings
Words with the same sounds, different spelling and meanings
"Glass" and "class", these two words are the case of?
Homographs
Homophones
Minimal pairs
A morpheme can be ____-syllabic or ____-syllabic.
mono - poly
What are -ie, -i, -y, -ette, -kin, -ikin, -kins, -ling, -let, -et?
Diminutive affixes
Feminine affixes
In the noun "bookings", which morpheme is a root and which one is a stem?
"book" is a root / "booking" is a stem
What is the meaning of the bound bases "-ceive, -cept, -ceit"?
to carry
to take
to close
to hold
In the word "childhood", which morpheme is the root?
childhood
hood
child
A root can be _____.
free or bound
always free
What is a bound base?
a bound morphme that makes the principal meaning in a word.
In the word "irresponsibility", the morpheme "response" is a root or a stem?
a root
a stem
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