Morphology I

Morphology deals with the analysis of words into meaningful units.

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A morpheme is...

• a kind of word.

• the smallest meaningful unit.

• the concrete realization of sounds.

• the abstract concept of sounds.

There are also morphemeless words.

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Zero morphs are forms that...

• do not exist.

• have a regular shape.

• are marked overtly.

• not marked overtly.

Morphemes that occur without any other (bound-)morphemes are called free morphemes.

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Parts of the word that serve as basis for attaching other morphemes are called....

• branches.

• bounds.

• bases.

• free.

Bases which are simplex are called roots.

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The morphological expression of grammatical information and categories is termed inflection.

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Affixes that serve to create new lexemes are called derivational.

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Inflectional morphemes in English are...

• only suffixes.

• only prefixes.

• infixes.

• pre- and suffixes.