1.

Define the following terms:

(1) Morphology

Morphology is the study of words, how they are structured and how they are put together from smaller
parts.

(2) Morpheme

A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in a language.

(3) Free morpheme

A free morpheme is a morpheme (or word element) that can stand alone as a word.

(4) Bound morpheme

Bound morpheme is a morpheme that only appears as part of a larger word; a free or unbound
morpheme is one that can stand alone.

2. Identify the structure of the following words:

i)wording

ii) person-Free morphemes (lexical morphemes)

iii) Walkman- Free morphemes (lexical morphomes)

iv) existentialism-Bound morphemes (Suffix)

v) international- Free morphemes (lexical morphomes)

vi) statesman- Free morphemes (lexical morphomes)

vii) spokesman- Free morphemes (lexical morphomes)

viii) bicyclist- Bound morphemes (Suffix)

ix) assignment- Bound morphemes (Suffix)

3. Describe the affixes in italics.

1.  Impossible-prefix

2. terrorised-suffix

3. terrorise-suffix

4. desks-suffix

5.  dislike-prefix
 6. humanity-suffix

7. fastest-suffix

4. Describe the affixes in italics

8.  premature--prefix

8.  untie-prefix

8.  darken-suffix

8.  fallen-suffix

8.  oxen-suffix

8.  faster-suffix

14.  lecturer-suffix

5. Analyze the following word.

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Stem: establish

Suffixes: anti, dis

Prefixes: ment, arian, ism

6. Pick out the bound morphemes in the following words and say whether they are derivational
morphemes (D) or inflectional morphemes (I).

(a) inflectional -D

(b) terrifying - D

(c) hospitalised - I

(d) regularisers- I