Morphology - Crash course

According to dictionary-makers, one unit/entry in the dictionary, or a ‘word’ is:

• a largest unpredictable combination of form and meaning

• a smallest unpredictable combination of form and meaning

• a largest predictable combination of form and meaning

• a smallest predictable combination of form and meaning

What is each 'word' or dictionary unit called?

Which of the following is true?

• 'deep hole' is a lexeme. 'rabbit hole' is not.

• 'rabbit hole' is a lexeme. 'deep hole' is not.

• Both ‘deep hole’ and ‘rabbit hole’ are lexemes.

• Neither ‘deep hole’ nor ‘rabbit hole’ is a lexeme.

In linguistics, a 'smallest unpredictable combination of form and meaning' is called a _________.

The morpheme ‘morph’ is closest in meaning to:

• change

• word

• type

• structure

‘I wash my feet’, translated into the Australian language Murrinh-patha is:

• just one morpheme

• a word with multiple morphemes

• a sentence with multiple words

A free morpheme is one which ...

• is meaningful by itself.

• carries multiple meanings depending on the word.

• can combine with different types of affix.

• is very common in usage.

Two or more free morphemes combined together create a _________.

One reason why German has seemingly very long words is because _______

• multiple free morphemes can be made into compound with no spaces in between.

• multiple compounds can be made into a word.

• German morphemes are usually bound and require many affixes to form meaning.

An affix that is attached to the front of a word is called a prefix, whereas one which is attached to the end is a _________.