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ESL Home Page Books, Online Courses English 311 Syllabus Study Guides English 311 Sample Research Papers FAQS about 311 Preparation exercises for Quiz One and Test One Phonology Phonetics Lexical Categories Morphology Preparation exercises for Quiz Two and Test Two Lexical Categories Syntax Pragmatics Semantics Preparation exercises for Quiz Three Child Language Acquisition Adult Language Acquisition Preparation exercises for Final Sociolinguistics Adult Language Acquisition Child Language Acquisition Semantics Pragmatics Syntax Morphology Lexical Categories Phonology Phonetics	"Morphology" Forms self-study exercises Exercise # 1 Then click the answer button to see the correct answer. The study of the construction of words out of morphemes... A. morphemes B. morphology Smallest linguistic unit that has meaning or grammatical function. A. bound morpheme B. free morpheme C. morphemes D. derivational morphemes Free morphemes can stand alone as words. A. True B. False Bound morphemes always attach to other morphemes, never existing as words themselves. They always carry a grammatical function. A. True B. False Morphemes that carry a semantic content as opposed to performing a grammatical function... A. Function morphemes B. Content morphemes An affix that attaches to the end of a stem; in English, suffixes may be inflectional or derivational. A. Prefix B. Suffix C. Affix Bound morphemes that change the meaning or syntactic function of the words to which they attach... A. Prefix B. Suffix C. Affix An affix that attaches to the beginning of a stem... A. Prefix B. Suffix C. Affix Morphemes that provide information about the grammatical relationships of words... A. Content morphemes B. Function morphemes Morphemes that change the meaning or lexical category of the words to which they attach... A. Derivational morphemes B. Inflectional morphemes Morphemes that serve a purely grammatical function, never creating a new word but only a different form of the same word... A. Derivational morphemes B. Inflectional morphemes Nondistinctive realizations of a particular morpheme that have the same function and are phonetically similar... A. phoneme B. Allophone C. Allomorph D. alternate morpheme -ed- He washed the car. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes -s- He walks to school. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes -tion- Radiation leaked out of the plant. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes -ing- She is studying everyday. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes -ly- Slowly, he ambled down the street. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes -al- They occur at the margin of a word, after any derivational morphemes. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes -est- That is the biggest fish I have ever seen. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes 20. -th- I could feel the warmth of the fire. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes Exercise # 2 Click the answer button to see the correct answer. -ize -: finalºfinalize is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb ºnoun B. nounºadjective C. verbºadjective D. nounºverb E. adjectiveºnoun F. adjectiveºverb -ness - sadºsadness is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb ºnoun B. nounºadjective C. verbºadjective D. nounºverb E. adjectiveºnoun F. adjectiveºverb -re- fundºrefund is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb ºnoun B. nounºadjective C. verbºadjective D. nounºverb E. adjectiveºnoun F. adjectiveºverb -ive - describeºdescriptive is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb ºnoun B. nounºadjective C. verbºadjective D. nounºverb E. adjectiveºnoun F. adjectiveºverb -en - gold is expensiveºthe golden years is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb ºnoun B. nounºadjective C. verbºadjective D. nounºverb E. adjectiveºnoun F. adjectiveºverb -al- rationºrational is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb ºnoun B. nounºadjective C. verbºadjective D. nounºverb E. adjectiveºnoun F. adjectiveºverb If you divide Americanize into its component morphemes, the root would be... A. America B. American C. ameri- D. merit If you divide Computers into its component morphemes, the root would be... A. computer B. -s- C. computers D. compute If you divide component into its component morphemes, the root would be... A. compone B. comp- C. -nent D. component If you divide isolated into its component morphemes, the root would be... A. isolation B. isolate C. isolated D. isola- Which morpheme in the experiment's has an inflectional function? A. -'s B. -ment C. -ex D. -peri Which morpheme in is dehumidifying has an inflectional function? A. -de B. -ify C. -id D. -ing Which morpheme in has rationalized has an inflectional function? A. ration B. -al C. -ize D. -ed Which morpheme in is swimming has an inflectional function? A. swim B. -ming C. -ing Which morpheme in "is being spiritualized" has an inflectional function? A. spirit B. -al C. -ize D. -ed Indonesian: rumah [rumah] house [rumahrumah] houses [ibu] mother [ibuibu] mothers [lalat] fly [lalatlalat] flies -rumah, -ibu, lalat is... A. derivational B. inflectional English -er rideºrider readºreader jogºjogger -er is... A. derivational B. inflectional English -er bigºbigger tallºtaller smallºsmaller -er is ... A. derivational B. inflectional Spanish amos-- hablarºhablamos to speakºwe speak estarºestamos to beºwe are comprarºcompramos to buyºwe buy mirarºmiramos to lookºwe look -amos is... A. derivational B. inflectional Russian -scik [mebel] furniture [mebelscik] furniture maker [beton] concrete [betonscik] concrete worker -scik is... A. derivational B. inflectional
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