LING 2800 Lecture Final Prep

What is a morpheme?

• A) A type of word

• B) The smallest unit of sound

• C) The smallest unit of meaning

• D) A group of syllables

Which of the following is a bound morpheme?

• cat

• silly

• -ed

• broccoli

In the word rewash, what does the prefix “re-” indicate?

• Past action

• Negative meaning

• Repetition

• Adjective formation

Which of these is a free morpheme that functions as a content word?

• dog

• -ing

• un-

• -s

What type of morpheme is “-er” in the word “helper”?

• Comparative

• Agentive

• Inflectional

• Free

What type of word formation is “brunch”?

• Compounding

• Blending

• Derivation

• Acronym

Which of the following words shows infixation?

• unhappiness

• reboot

• childish

• Tagalog “sumulat” from “sulat”

Which affix type changes the grammatical category of a word?

• Inflectional

• Derivational

• Comparative

• Content

The word “ungentlemanliness” shows that:

• Only full words are stored in the lexicon

• Speakers use morphological rules to build new words

• All affixes attach randomly

• Affixes are meaningless in modern English

What kind of morpheme is “-s” in “cats”?

• Derivational

• Inflectional

• Free

• Infix