Chapter-3-Morphology---Exercises

Chapter-3-Morphology--- Exer

cises

Chapter 3 Morphology

Exercise and Discussion Questions

I.

In

each

question

there

are

four

choices.

Decide

which

one

will

be

the

best

answer to the question, or will best complete the sentence.

1.

The morpheme “vision” in the common word “television” is a(n) ______.

A. bound morpheme

C.

morpheme

2.

The

compound

word

“bookstore”

is

the

place

where

books

are

sold.

This

indicates that the meaning of a compound __________.

A. is the sum total of the meaning of its components

B. can always be worked out by looking at the meanings of morphemes

C. is the same as the meaning of a free phrase

D. None of the above

3. The part of speech of the compounds is generally determined by the

part of

speech of __________.

A. the first element

B. the second element

C. either the first or the second element

D. both the first and the second elements

4. _______ are those that cannot be used independently but have to be combined

with other morphemes, either free or bound, to form a word.

A.

B. bound form

inflectional

D. free morpheme

Free

B.

Words

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Bound

morphemes

C.

morphemes

D.

Bound words

5.

The meaning carried by the inflectional morpheme is _______.

A. lexical

B. morphemic

C. grammatical

D. semantic

6.

Bound morphemes are those that ___________.

A. have to be used independently

B. cannot be combined with other morphemes

C. can either be free or bound

D. have to be combined with other morphemes

7.

____ modify the meaning of the stem, but usually do not change the part of

speech of the original word.

A. Prefixes

8.

“

-

s” in the word “books” is

_______.

A. a derivative affix

C. an inflectional affix

II. Decide whether each of the following statements is

True

or

False

.

1.

Although the vast majority of prefixes do not change the original word class,

there are prefixes that are class-changing: a-, be-, em-, en-.

2.

Inflectional ending can be added to derivational ones, but not vice-versa.

3.

The

syllabic

structure

of

a

word

and

its

morphemic

structure

must

correspond.

4.

Derivations can make the word class of the original word either changed or

unchanged.

5.

Words are the smallest meaningful units of language.

6.

The smallest

meaningful units that can be used freely all by themselves are

free morphemes.

7.

Inflectional

morphemes

manifest

various

grammatical

relations

or

grammatical categories such as number, tense, degree, and case.

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B. Suffixes

C. Roots

D. Affixes

B. a stem

D. a root