Untitled Quiz

What is a morpheme in linguistics?

• The smallest unit of meaning in a language

• A type of sentence structure

• A word that cannot be translated

• A synonym for phoneme

What is a derivational morpheme and how does it change a word’s meaning?

• It changes the tense of verbs

• It only adds plural forms

• It creates a new word or changes the word class

• It removes letters from a word

What is the difference between a free morpheme and a bound morpheme?

• A bound morpheme can stand alone, while a free morpheme cannot

• Both can stand alone without changing meaning

• Both require a prefix to make sense

• A free morpheme can stand alone, while a bound morpheme must be attached to another morpheme

Give an example of a lexical morpheme and a grammatical morpheme

• ly (lexical) and house (grammatical)

• Book (lexical) and -ed (grammatical)

• The (lexical) and -s (grammatical)

• Run (grammatical) and -ing (lexical)

What is an inflectional morpheme and what is its function?

• It changes the meaning completely

• It shows grammatical features like tense, number, or comparison without creating a new word

• It replaces the root word

• It turns verbs into nouns

What is the difference between an allomorph and a morpheme?

• An allomorph is a variation of a morpheme’s form, while a morpheme is the unit of meaning

• An allomorph is larger than a morpheme

• An allomorph is only used in plural nouns

• They are exactly the same

Explain the difference between roots and affixes

• Affixes are the base of the word, roots add details

• Roots carry the core meaning, while affixes modify that meaning

• Roots are always prefixes

• Affixes are words that stand alone

What are the three types of affixes

• Prefix (happy), suffix (-ly), root (play)

• Prefix (un-), suffix (-ness), infix (fan-bloody-tastic)

• Noun (car), verb (run), adjective (big)

• Root (teach), tense (-ed), article (the)

In the word unhappiness, what are the morphemes and what type is each?

• un- (prefix), happy (free morpheme), -ness (derivational)

• un- (root), happy (affix), -ness (root)

• un- (prefix), happy (grammatical morpheme), -ness (inflectional)

• un- (inflectional), happy (root), -ness (inflectional)

What is a zero morpheme and in what kind of words does it usually appear?

• A morpheme with no visible form, often used for plural or tense (e.g., sheep in plural)

• morpheme that adds the number zero to a word

• A morpheme found only in prefixes

• A morpheme that can never change meaning