Lesson 6: Morphology Practical exercises November 28, 2018
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Exercise 1: Identify the morphemes for each of the following words, in the order that they appear in the word 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
inputs components elements Indo-European within another notable 2
Exercise 2: For each of the following bound morphemes, determine whether it is derivational or inflectional and give two words in which it appears:
a. –ity b. –s c. un– d. –ing e. –al f. –er g. –ed d. –able 3
Exercise 3: From the following list of words, select five words with inflectional morphology and five words with derivational morphology elements gain and unkind as some case example feature great have linked Indo-European speech
egg off orderings one morphology Persians killed such cram tend the these thought within 4
Exercise 4: Looking at the AFFIX: Inflectional or Derivational? impermeable plagiarized plagiarize Cats fragility slowest premade
undo whiten beaten oxen slower teacher
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Exercise 5: List the morphemes in each word below, and state whether each morpheme is free (F) or bound (B)
1. creating 2. unhealthy 3. seaward 4. waiter 5. wastage
6. reconsider 7. incomplete 8. keys 9. modernize 10. astronomer
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Exercise 6
The component morphemes of the morphologically complex words in the list below have been separated by a hyphen (–). Indicate which of these morphemes are bound and which are free, and which of the bound morphemes are inflectional and which derivational.
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a. en–courage–ment b. king–dom–s c. stud–ent–hood d. anti–soviet–ism e. bi–annu–al–ly f. read–ing–s
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Exercise 7: For each word below, indicate whether the word is morphologically simple (S), includes an inflectional affix (I), or includes a derivational affix (D). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
rider colder silver lens legs
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
reader redder redish redness rotation
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Exercise 8: Name the word formation process for the following words: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
humid → humidifier International, police → Interpol love, seat → loveseat Information, entertainment → infotainment typographical error → typo aerobics, marathon → aerobathon act → deactivate curve, ball → curve ball delicatessen → deli modulator, demodulator → modem 10
Exercise 9: Are the following compounds endocentric or exocentric? a. battlefield b. scare tactics c. churchyard d. buttercup e. hoodwink f. handkerchief g. inmate h. postman i. bluebell 11
Exercise 10: Identify the word formation processes in the examples below:
a. rap music > rap > to rap > rapper b. rehabilitation > rehab > to rehab c. vacuum cleaner > to vacuum-clean > to vacuum d. campaign > to campaign > campaigner e. tailor-fit > to tailor-fit f. breathalyser > to breathalyse g. brunch > to brunch 12
Exercise 11: Give an account of the morphological status of –en on the basis of the following lexemes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
earthen wooden widen sweeten deafen
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
oxen silken brethren soften blacken
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Exercise 12: Invent a word using this root: VACUUM 1. 2. 3.
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by adding a prefix to this base by adding a suffix to this base by turning it into an endocentric compound by turning it into an exocentric compound
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Exercise 13: Invent a word using this root: WORSHIP 1.
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by adding a prefix to this base and then adding a suffix by turning it into an endocentric compound by turning it into an exocentric compound
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