Morphemic Structure of the Word

Which of the following is NOT an example of a grammatical morpheme?

• -s

• -ed

• -er

• -ness

A bound morpheme ___ function on its own.

• can

• cannot

Suffixes can be purely lexical (derivational suffixes) or purely ____ (inflexional suffixes).

What is the name of the concrete, "material" part of word meaning?

Prefixes have a purely ___ role.

Which of the following is an example of a grammatical suffix?

• -ness

• -ity

• -ed

• -ful

Continuous morphemes are expressed ___.

A free morpheme is a one-morpheme word that can function ___.

What term refers to the absence of a morpheme that expresses a certain function, often identified as a contrastive absence, and is also known as a zero morpheme?

Which set of words on the basis

of grammatical alternation refers to replacive?

• looked, smaller

• men, feet, stood