Question

Morphology Exercises

Divide the following words by placing a + between their morphemes (Some of the words maybe monomorphemic and therefore indivisible.)

Example:  replaces = re + place + s

retroactive

befreinded

televise

margin

endearment

psychology

unpalatable

holiday

grandmother

morphemic

mistreatment

deactivation

saltpeter

airsickness

Match each expression under A with the one statement under B that characterizes it.

A	B
a. noisy crow b. scarecrow c. the crow d. crowlike e. crows	(1) compound noun (2) root morpheme plus derivational suffix (3) phrase consisting of adjective plus noun (4) root morpheme plus inflectional affix (5) root morpheme plus inflectional suffix (6) grammatical morpheme followed by lexical morpheme

Write the one proper description from the list under B for the italicized part of each word in A.

A	B
a. terrorized b. uncivilized c. terrorize d. lukewarm e. impossible	(1) free root (2) bound root (3) inflectional suffix (4) derivational suffix (5) inflectional prefix (6) derivational prefix (7) inflectional infix (8) derivational infix

Answer 1

A. Retroactive = Retro + act + ive
B. Befriended= be + friend + ed
C. Televise = tele + vise
D. Margin = margin
E. Endearment = end + ear + ment
F. Psychology = psych + ology
G. Unpalatable = un + palat + able
H. Holiday = holi + day
I. Grandmother = grand + mother
J. Morphemic = morph + em + ic
K. Mistreatment = mis + treat + ment
L. Deactivation = de + act + iv + ation
M. Saltpeter = salt + pet + er
N. Airsickness = air + sick + ness

a)  noisy crow phrase consisting of adjective plus noun  
b)  scarecrow compound word
c)  the crow grammatical morpheme followed by a lexical morpheme
d)  crowlike root morpheme plus derivational suffix
e)  crows root morpheme plus inflectional affix

a)  terrorized                    inflectional suffix      

b)  uncivilized free root

c)  terrorize                      derivational suffix

d)  lukewarm bound root

e)  impossible derivational prefix