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Morphology tutorial and answer
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LING1001 Introduction to the Structure of LanguageTutorial Assignment 6
35 Marks
Morphology
Answer the following questions.
1. Define morphology. (1)
2. Define morphemes. (2)
3. How many morphemes are in the following words? (5)
a. Box
b. Boxed
c. Unfriendly
d. Unimaginative
e. Cats
4. Is the word unreasonable simple or complex? Provide a reason for your answer. (2)
5. Give brief definitions and examples of the following: (6)
a. Isolating language
b. Agglutinative language
c. Fusional language
6. What is the root of the following words? (3)
a. Unholy
b. Framed
c. Unreasonable
7. Classify the affix in the following words as a prefix, suffix, or infix. (2)
a. Unholy
b. Framed
8. Classify each of the morphemes in the following words according to if they are lexical
or functional. The morphemes are indicated by hyphens.
a. in-conceiv-able (3)
b. dog-s (2)
c. walk-ed (2)
d. un-usual (2)
9. Are the following compounds endocentric or exocentric (look up the meaning of a
word if you are unsure)? (5)
a. Notebook
b. Smartphone
c. Yellowtail
d. Pickpocket
e. Cranberry
f. Scatterbrain
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