Indivisibility , Internal Stability, Positional Mobility

Which of the following words is indivisible ?

• A dog

• Unhappy

• A book

• Alive

Why is "alive" considered indivisible?

• "a" and "live" have separate meanings

• it functions as a single unit of meaning

• "live" can stand alone

• it is an adjective

Which of the following words can be divided into two meaningful parts?

• Indeed

• Almost

• A cat

• Alone

What happens when you split an indivisible word?

• The meaning stays the same

• The meaning is lost or changed

• The word becomes more understandable

• Nothing happens

Which word below is an example of indivisibility?

• Unhappy

• Apple

• Quickly

• Despite

What is Internal Stability in words?

• The ability to move words freely in a sentence

• The fixed order of morphemes in a word

• The ability to split words into separate meanings

• The change in meaning when a word is rearranged

Which of the following words demonstrates Internal Stability ?

• Disagree

• Agree-dis

• Happy-un

• Run-fast

Why is "unhappiness" an example of Internal Stability?

• "un-" can come after "happiness"

• "happiness-un" also makes sense

• the morphemes must stay in a fixed order

• the word can be split into two separate words

Which of the following is an incorrect order of morphemes?

• Unsuccessful

• Success-un

• Misunderstanding

• Disrespect

Which of the following statements is true?

• All words can be freely rearranged

• Prefixes and suffixes must be in a fixed order

• The word "approval-dis" is correct

• Internal Stability applies only to verbs