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Practice: Morphological Analysis

Analyze each of the items below morphologically. Determine

a. how many morphemes each item contains (1 or more than1);

b. if there is more than one morpheme, which are free and whichbound;
c. if there is more than one morpheme, which one is the root; and what are theremaining
morphemes: prefixes orsuffixes;
d. if there are prefixes and/or suffixes, which are derivational and which inflectional(use
elimination: if there is an affix and it is not in the list of inflectional morphemes, then it's
derivational);
e. whether the word(s) is(are) simple, compound, orcomplex
and finally,
f. if a word is inflected, is the inflection regular orirregular?

Remember: One or both of the words that make up a compound word may be complex. Such items count
as both compound and complex words.

Warning: Don't let variations in spelling disturb you too much. Sometimes adding suffixes changes the
way the base word or suffix is spelled.

1 unskilled
2 disagreeable
3 telephone
4 infamous
5 snowboarding
6 replaced
7 countrified
8 encouragement
9 relationship
10 softly
11 cannibal
12 labour force
13 father-in-law
14 bolder
15 unfair
16 ability
17 back-form
18 kindnesses
19 normalize
20 car ferry