Morphology

Morphology is NOT:

• the study of word structure

• a branch of linguistics

• the study of meaning

Words are meaningful combinations of phonemes.

• True

• False

Morphemes are:

• the study of word structure

• the smallest meaningful units that words are divided into

• sound units that words are divided into

Free morphemes are:

• morphemes that cannot stand alone as a word

• affixes

• morphemes that can stand alone as an independent word

Bound morphemes are:

• morphemes that can stand alone as an independent word

• affixes

• open class of words

Inflectional bound morphemes:

• can create a new word

• do not create new words

• can stand alone as an independent word

Derivational bound morphemes:

• add grammatical information

• can create a new word

• can stand alone as an independent word

In the word “creators” (create+ -or + -s), the final morpheme is:

• an inflectional morpheme

• a derivational morpheme

• a lexical morpheme

What type of morpheme is the suffix 'less' in the word 'thoughtless'?

• an inflectional morpheme

• a derivational morpheme

• a lexical morpheme

A morpheme is physically realized (pronounced) as one or more morphs. These morphs are called allomorphs.

• True

• False