Morphology

What is morphology?

• any of the perceptually distinct units of sound

• smallest unit of language

• study of words how are they formed and their relationship to other word

• All are correct

What is a word?

• smallest sequence of phonemes

• a unit of language, spoken or written representation

• smallest sequence of graphemes that are determined by spaces

• all are correct

Word are composed by one or more morphemes.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A word can contain more than one root.

• TRUE

• FALSE

All root are bases, but not all bases are roots.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is a morpheme?

• A type of word

• The smallest unit of sound

• The smallest unit of word

• The smallest unit of meaning

Which of the following is a free morpheme?

• -ing

• re-

• happy

• -ed

What is an affix?

• A noun

• A word with multiple meanings

• A morpheme attached to a root

• A plural marker

Which of the following is always derivational?

• -s

• -ness

• -ed

• -ing

How many morphemes are in the word "reusable"?

• 3

• 2

• 4

• 1