TYPES OF MORPHEME

What is a root in linguistic terms?

• A type of sentence structure.

• The core part of a word that carries the most basic meaning.

• A prefix added to modify a word.

• A grammatical rule applied to a sentence.

Which of the following words contains only a root morpheme?

• Unhappiness

• Running

• Dog

• Redefine

What is the relationship between a root and an affix?

• A root modifies the meaning of an affix.

• An affix is added to a root to create a more complex word.

• A root is a type of affix.

• An affix and a root are always identical.

What is the primary function of derivational affixes?

• To change the grammatical function of a word (e.g., noun to verb)

• To indicate tense, number, or case

• To serve as a free morpheme

• To form compound words

Which of the following is an example of an inflectional affix in English?

• -ness (e.g., happiness)

• -ed (e.g., walked)

• un- (e.g., unhappy)

• re- (e.g., redo)

What is the key difference between prefixes and suffixes?

• Prefixes occur before the root, while suffixes occur after the root.

• Prefixes indicate tense, while suffixes change the word class.

• Prefixes are always derivational, while suffixes are always inflectional.

• Prefixes are free morphemes, while suffixes are bound morphemes.

What is the main difference between derivational and inflectional morphemes?

• Derivational morphemes change the grammatical category of a word, while inflectional morphemes do not.

• Inflectional morphemes change the grammatical category of a word, while derivational morphemes do not.

• Both derivational and inflectional morphemes always change the grammatical category.

• Both derivational and inflectional morphemes only add gender information.

Which of the following is an example of a derivational morpheme?

• Sally’s

• daughters

• im-possible

• wanted

Which of the following is NOT an inflectional morpheme?

• -ed

• -s

• im-

• -’s

What is the correct sequence of derivational steps for forming the word "pre-anti-denationalization"?

• nation → denationalization → anti-denationalization → national → pre-anti-denationalization

• nation → national → national-ize → de-nationaliz-ation → anti-denationalization → pre-anti-denationalization

• nation → national-ize → national → pre-anti-denationalization → anti-denationalization

• national → nation → de-nationaliz-ation → pre-anti-denationalization