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morphology
the component of grammar that studies the internal structure of words.
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word
one or more morphemes that can stand alone in a language
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How many morphemes does the word “catalog” contain in modern english?
One
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T or F: Suffix '-er' is always an inflectional suffix
False
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T or F: The morpheme  'fast' in the word "breakfast" is bound
False
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T or F: Suffix '-able' in the word 'enjoyable' is inflectional.
False
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T or F: Suffix '-er' in the word 'broader' is derivational
False
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Open lexical categories include:
nouns, adverbs, adjectives, verbs
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Example of a closed lexical category
category of determiners
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T or F: The suffix '-ing' in the word 'walking' in the sentence 'We are walking now' is inflectional
True
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T or F: The suffix '-s' in the word 'questions' is derivational.
False
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The word “nifty” has
No suffix
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T or F: The suffix '-en' in the word 'golden' is inflectional
False
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The morpheme 'builder' in the word 'builders' is a
stem
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The morpheme '-able-' in the word 'unreasonably' is a
suffix
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The morpheme '-ful-' in the word 'thoughtfulness' is a
suffix
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Name the morphological process operating in the word:

deconstruction
affixation
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Name the morphological process operating in the word:

housewife
compounding
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Name the morphological process operating in the word:

woman-women
alternation
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Name the morphological process operating in the word:

cybernetic organism - cyborg
blending
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Name the morphological process operating in the word:

mouse \[mɑʊs\] - mice \[mɑɪs\]
alternation
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Prefix 'pre-' can attach to
nouns
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An example of an allomorph is

\
suffixes \[t\] and \[d\] in words such as “worked” and “cried”
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The word 'maven' has
no suffix
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the word ‘fling’ has
no suffix
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Break down the three words below into their roots and affixes at each stage of word building. Indicate the lexical category of the root and each derived word.

1\. activation

2\. unreliable

3\. disarrangement
1\. activation

root: act (verb)

active (adjective) -ive derivational suffix

activate (verb) -ate derivational suffix

activation (noun) -ion derivational suffix

2\. unreliable

root: rely (verb)

reliable (adjective) -able = derivational suffix

unreliable (adjective) un- = derivational prefix

3\.disarrangement

root: arrange (verb)

disarrange (verb) dis- inflectional prefix

disarrangement (noun) -derivational suffix