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15. Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ( )
A. bound roots B. free morphemes C. inflectional morphemes D. derivational affixes C
20. Almost ,all affixes are ________morphemes because few can be used as independent words.
Bound
V. Define the following terms. (10%) 45. allomorph
Some morphemes, however,are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word. Such alternative morphs are known as allomorphs.
48. How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixes?
Suggested answers: Inflectional affixes are affixes (1) attached to the end of words; (2) to indicate grammatical relationships, while
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derivational affixes are affixes; (3) added to other morphemes; (4) to create new words.
50. Analyse the morphological structures of the following words and point out the types of the morphemes. unbearable, international, ex-prisoner. suggested answers:Each
of the three words consists of three morphemes
unbearable(un+bear+able), international (inter+nation+al), ex-prisoner(er+prison+er).
2)Of the nine morphemes, only bear, nation and prison are free morphemes as they can exist by themselves.
3)All the rest un-,-able,inter-,-al, ex-and-er are bound as none of them can stand alone as words.
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19. Morphemes which are identical with root words are considered to be ______.
Free 2005
13. Structurally a( )is the smallest meaningful unit of a language. A. morpheme C. word A
14. Unlike affixes,( )are often free morphemes. A. suffixes
B. prefixes D. roots
C. inflectional morphemes
B. stem D. compound
D
46. What is the difference between prefixation and suffixation? Explain with two examples.
Prefixation does not change the word-class of the the stem. It only modifies its meaning, . treat—maltreat.
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Suffixation changes the word-class instead of its meaning. . play-player. 2011
7. The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is ______.( ) A. morpheme C. root A
9. The plural morpheme \
( )
A. packs C. cheats
B. bags D. ships B. affixes D. stem
B
42. derivational affix
Affixes added to other morphemes to create new words. 2009
7.The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.( ) A./t/ C./p/ B
8.There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.( )
B./g/ D./k/
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