1
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Do all morphemes have to be syllables?
A
No (adding -s, to a word is also a morpheme)
2
Q
Does changing the pronunciation, formation, or spelling of a word change the status of it?
A
No (scare, scary, scarier)
3
Q
How many morphemes does “desert” have
A
1
4
Q
How many morphemes does “memory” have?
A
1
5
Q
How many morphemes does “format” have?
A
2
6
Q
How many morphemes does “flowchart” have?
A
2
7
Q
How many morphemes does “bug” have?
A
1
8
Q
How many morphemes does “debug” have?
A
2
9
Q
How many morphemes does “supply” have?
A
1
10
Q
How many morphemes does “supplies” have?
A
2
11
Q
How many morphemes does “supplier” have?
A
2
12
Q
How many morphemes does “faster” have?
A
2
13
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How many morphemes does “power” have?
A
1
14
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How many morphemes does “processor” have?
A
2
15
Q
what is a noun?
A
Person, place, or thing (concrete or abstract objects)
16
Q
What is a verb?
A
action or state
17
Q
What is an adjective?
A
Describes nouns (refers to properties of nouns)
18
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What is a preposition?
A
Indicates the relation of space or time
19
Q
What are the lexical categories of “kindnesses”?
A
- 3 morphemes
- root = kind
- root category = A
- word category = N
20
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What are the lexical categories of “amazement”?
A
- 2 morphemes
- root = amaze
- root category = V
- root word = N
21
Q
What are the lexical categories of “reusable”?
A
- 3 morphemes
- root = use
- root category = V
- word category = A
22
Q
What are the lexical categories of “dishonest”?
A
- 2 morphemes
- root = honest
- root category = A
- word category = A
23
Q
What are the lexical categories of “Baltimore”?
A
- 1 morpheme
- root = baltimore
- root category = N
- word category = N
24
Q
What are the lexical categories of “lovelier”?
A
- 3 morphemes
- root = love
- root category = N/V
- word category = A
25
What are the lexical categories of "historical"?
- 3 morphemes
- root = history
- root category = N
- word category = A
26
What are the lexical categories of "uncontrolled"?
- 3 morphemes
- root = control
- root category = V/N
- word category = A
27
What are the lexical categories of "impersonal"?
- 3 morphemes
- root = person
- root category = N
- word category = A
28
What are the three basic types of word formation?
- derivational
- inflectional
- compounding
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What is derivation?
changing the base's meaning or lexical category by adding an affix.
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What is a class 1 affix?
Prefix or suffix that creates a new word
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What is a class 2 affix?
no change
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What type of derviation is "electric to electricity"?
Class 1
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What type of derviation is "happy to unhappy"
Class 2
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What type of derviation is "productive to productivity"?
Class 1
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What type of derviation is "productive to productiveness"?
Class 2
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Can compounds be combined with derivation?
Yes
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What is an endocentric compound?
compound word where the whole word is a type of the head word ("A _____ is a kind of ______")<-- if it fits it s endo if not its exo
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What is an exocentric compound?
Compound word where the meaning is not a type of the head word (pickpocket - pick is not a type of pocket)
39
Is "washer-dryer" endocentric or exocentric?
Exocentric
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Is "presidential election" endocentric or exocentric?
Endocentric
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Is "an undertaking" endocentric or exocentric?
Exocentric
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Is "baby blue" endocentric or exocentric?
Endocentric
43
What is the lexical category of "bathroom" and is it endocentric ort exocentric?
N - endocentric
44
What is the lexical category of "scarecrow" and is it endocentric or exocentric?
N - exocentric
45
What is the lexical category of "skin deep" and is it endocentric ort exocentric?
A - ambiguous (cound be both)
46
What is the lexical category of "upstairs" and is it endocentric ort exocentric?
N - exocentric
47
What is the lexical category of "corkscrew" and is it endocentric ort exocentric?
N - endocentric
48
What is the lexical category of "pickpocket" and is it endocentric or exocentric?
N - exocentric
49
What is the lexical category of "breastfeeding" and is it endocentric ort exocentric?
V - endocentric
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What is the lexical category of "finger-pointing" and is it endocentric ort exocentric?
V - endocentric
51
What is the lexical category of "blackboard erasers" and is it endocentric ort exocentric?
N - endocentric
52
What are the 8 regular affix forms?
1. Plural -s; cats
2. Possessive 's; Mary's
3. 3rd personal sing. -s; eats
4. Progressive -ing; running
5. Past tense -ed; jumped
6. Past participle -en; swollen
7. Comparative -er; bigger
8. Superlative -est; biggest
53
What is the lexical category and inflectional information of "watched"?
V - past tense
54
What is the lexical category and inflectional information of "runs"?
V - 3rd person singular
55
What is the lexical category and inflectional information of "sorriest"?
A - superlative
56
What is the lexical category and inflectional information of "lamps"?
N - plural
57
What is the lexical category and inflectional information of "playing"?
V - progressive
58
What is the lexical category and inflectional information of "driven"?
V - past participle
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What is the lexical category and inflectional information of "Lovelier"?
A - comparative
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Inflection vs. derivation
inflection:
- category remains same
- affix must be added after derivations
derivation:
- category changed or meaning changes
- affix must be added before inflection
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How else is inflection marked?
Internal change: substitute one non-morphemic segment of another (sing/sang)
Suppletion: replaces morpheme entirely (go/went)
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What is morphology?
The study of the structure and development of words.
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What is a morpheme?
The smallest unit of meaning.
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What is a word?
The smallest free form that can stand alone
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What is a lexicon?
Your mental dictionary.
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What is a free morpheme?
A morpheme that can stand alone (book, run)
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What is a bound morpheme?
A morpheme that must attach to another word (un-, -ed, -s)
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What is an allomorph?
A different pronunciation or form of the same morpheme (plurals sound different depending on the words: cats, dogs, buses)
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What is a clitic?
A form that attaches to a word but acts like a seperate word ('s, n't)
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What is a root?
The core meaning of a word that cannot be broken down further (unhappy: happy = root)
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What is a base?
Any form you can add an affix to (unhappy: un = base)
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What is a stem?
The form that inflectional affixes attach to (cats: cat = stem, -s = inflection)
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What are bound morphemes?
Affixes (prefixes/infixes/suffixes) that cannot stand alone
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at is "# of morphemes"?
The total number of meaningful units in a word (root + affixes)
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What is a root category?
the part of speech of the root (noun, verb, adjective)
76
What is a word category?
The part of speech of the whole word after affixes are added
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What is affixation?
Adding prefixes or suffixes to a word
78
What is inflection?
A grammatical change only (tense, plural, comparison) (walk --> walked)
79
What is derivation?
Creates a new word or changes meaning/category (happy --> happiness)
80
What is conversion?
Category change with no affix (run(V) --> run(N))
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What is internal change?
A vowel or sound change inside the word (sing --> sang)
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What is compounding?
Compounding two full words (doghouse)
83
What is back formation?
Removing an affix to create a new word (editor --> edit)
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What is endocentric compound?
A compound that is a subtype of the head (doghouse = a type of house)
85
What is an exocentric compound?
A compound that is NOT a subtype of either part (redhead --> not a type of head)
86
What is clipping?
Shortening a word without changing meaning (laboratory—>lab)
87
What is blending?
Combining parts of two words (brunch)
88
What is reduplication?
Repeating all or part of a word (bye-bye)
89
What is onomatopeia?
A word that sounds like what it means (buzz)
90
What is borrowing?
Taking a word from another language (taco)
91
What is suppletion?
A completely different root form (good --> better)
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What is an acronym?
Initial letters pronounced as a word (NASA)
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