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    EXERCISES

    Ex.1.
    Consider the following words and answer the questions below.
    a) loneliness b) White House c) undresses d) unthinkable e) immobility f)
    decentralization g) easiest h)unreliable i) unhappiness j) lovelier k) optionality
    l) independently m)sweeteners
    Group the morphemes of these words into free morphemes and bound morphemes
    and state whether the bound morphemes are inflectional affixes or derivational
    affixes.
    The first two words (loneliness and White House) have been done for you

    Word Free morpheme Bound morpheme


    Derivational Inflectional affix
    affix
    loneliness lone -ly, -ness Ø
    White House White, house Ø Ø
    undresses dress un -es
    unthinkable think -un;-able
    immobility mobile -im,-ity
    decentralization centre De;-al;-ize;-ation
    easiest easy -est
    unreliable rely -able,-un
    unhappiness happy -un;- ness
    lovelier love -ly -er
    optionality opt -ion;-al;ity
    independently depend -ent;-in;-ly
    sweeteners sweet -en;-er -s

    Ex.2.
    Consider the following words and answer the questions below

    a. examinees e. triumphed i. preplan m. optionality


    b. untie f. ageless j. fastest n. prettier
    c. invalid g. justice k. reuse o. mistreat
    d. comfortable h. payment l. disobeys p. naked
    1) naked is simple, the others are complex

    1) For each word, determine whether it is simple or complex


    2) Circle all the bound morphemes. Underline all of the roots
    Word Free morpheme Bound morpheme
    Derivational Inflectional affix
    affix
    examinees exam -ine;-ee -s
    untie tie Un- Ø
    invalid valid In- -es
    comfortable comfort -able
    triumphed triumph -ed
    ageless age -less
    justice just -ice
    payment pay -men
    preplan plan Pre-
    fastest fast -est
    reuse use Re-
    disobeys obey Dis- -s
    optionality opt -ion;-al;-ity
    prettier pretty -er
    mistreat streat Mis-
    naked naked

    3) Cross out all inflectional morphemes


    Ex.3.
    Consider the following words

    a. humidifier d. Prematureg. carelessness j.identifiable


    b. delightful e. mistreated h. Illogically k.derivational
    c. disobeys f. spiteful

    Analyze the internal structure of the above words using the bracket
    diagram
    for example: [[dis [agree]V] V ment]N
    a. humidifier
    [humid]A
    [[humid]A]ifi]v]
    [[humid]A]ifi]v]er]N
    b. delightful
    [delight]N
    [[delight]N]ful]N
    c. disobeys
    [obey]V
    [Dis[obey]V]v]
    [dis[obey]V]s]V
    d. Premature
    [mature]A
    [pre[mature]A]A
    e. mistreated
    [streat]v
    [mis[streat]v]v
    [mis[streat]v]v]ed]v
    f. spiteful
    [spite]N
    [[spite]N]ful]A
    g. Illogically
    [logic]N
    [[logic]N]al]A
    [il[logic]N]al]A]Aly]Adv
    j.identifiable
    [identy]N
    [[identy]Nfi]v
    [[[identy]N]fi]V]able]A
    k.derivational
    [deriv]V
    [[deriv]v]ation]N
    [[deriv]v]ation]N]al]A
    Ex.4.
    Fill in the blanks with suitable words or phrases suggested below in order
    to make the passages meaningful (some words can be used twice) (3ms)
    affixes, bases, bound, derivational, free, independent, infixes, inflectional
    meaningful, morphemes, prefixes, single, suffixes, syllables, verb, morphology
    MORPHOLOGY is the arrangement and relationships of the smallest
    MEANINGFUL units in a language. These minimum units of meaning are called –
    MORPHEMES . Note that morphemes are not identical to SYLLABLES : the form
    don't has one syllable but two MORPHEMES , do and not. Conversely, the word
    Wisconsin has three syllables but is a SINGLE morpheme.
    It is often useful to distinguish between FREE and BOUND morphemes. FREE
    morphemes can be used alone as INDEPENDENT words - for example, take, for,
    each, the, panda. BOUND morphemes form words only when attached to at least
    one other morpheme; re-, dis-, un-, -ing, -ful, and -tion are all bound morphemes.
    The most familiar bound morphemes are AFFIXES (that is, prefixes and suffixes),
    but even BASES (forms to which affixes are attached) can be bound. An example
    of a bound base is the -cept of such words as except, accept, deceptive, and
    reception.
    Some languages also have INFIXES, which appear inside a word, but these are not
    important for English. Another classification of affixes distinguishes
    DERIVATIONAL and INFLECTIONAL affixes. For instance, the -s used to form
    plurals and the -ed used to indicate past tense are INFLECTIONAL affixes.
    DERIVATONAL affixes may be either prefixes or suffixes. Most derivational
    AFFIXES simply change the meaning of the word to which they are attached
    (uniform, transplant, microwave, unbelievable, desensitize). Derivational
    AFFIXES normally change the part-of-speech category and may also change the
    meaning of the word to which they are attached. For example, -ify in codify
    changes the noun code to a VERB.

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