Name : FRENDI SETIAWAN

NIM : 20202146
Class : TBI-E

1. Here are nine verbs, each consisting of a prefix and a bound root. What nouns can be
formed from them by suffixation?
Answer:
Define – Definition
Defer – Deference, Deferment
Detain – Detention
Refine – Refinement
Refer – Reference, Referral
Retain – Retention
Confine – Confinement
Confer – Conference, Conferment
Contain – Containment
2. Here are ten adjectives. What verbs can be formed from them by prefixation,
suffixation or conversion?
 Full
 Poor
 Long
 Active
 Humble
 Empty
 Rich
 Short
 National
 Proud
Answer:
 The only verb formed solely by prefixation from an adjective in this list is
ENRICH
 Verbs formed by conversion are EMPTY and HUMBLE.
  Verbs formed by suffixation are SHORTEN, ACTIVATE and
NATIONALISE.
 Verbs that apparently show prefixation as well as suffixation are
REACTIVATE and DENATIONALISE. but these are derived from the verbs
ACTIVATE and NATIONALISE rather than directly from ACTIVATE and
NATIONAL.
 There are no verbs derived from FULL, POOR, LONG and PROUD.

3. In the chapter, -ism was discussed only as a suffix for deriving nouns from adjectives.
Give examples to show that it can also be used to derive nouns from other nouns.
Answer:
 Hero – Heroism
 Patriot – Patriotism
 Human – Humanism
 Conservative – Conservatism
 Thatcher – Thatcherisme
4. In the chapter, -ful was discussed only as a suffix for deriving adjectives from nouns.
Give examples to show that it can also be used to derive nouns from other nouns.
Answer:
The suffix -ful, attached to nouns, can have the meaning ‘amount that
can be contained in X’, e.g. MOUTHFUL, HANDFUL, SPOONFUL, BOXFUL.

5. In the chapter, -ly was discussed only as a suffix for deriving adverbs from adjectives.
Give examples to show that it can also be used to derive adjectives from nouns and
from other adjectives.
Answer:
(From Noun)
 Friend – FRIENDLY
 Cost – COSTLY
 Beast – BEASTLY
 Man – MANLY
 Ghost – GHOSTLY
(From Adjectives)
  Kind – KINDLY
 Good – GOODLY
 Clean – CLEANLY
This adjectival -ly is not combinable with the adverb-forming –ly
6. the chapter, the suffix -ar, used for deriving adjectives from nouns or bound roots, was
not mentioned. Make a list of six or seven adjectives with this suffix, and compare
them with a similar number of adjectives formed with -al.
Answer: POLAR, SOLAR, LUNAR, REGULAR, NUCLEAR, MODULAR,
LINEAR, CELLULAR.
7. Here is a collection of lexemes, prefixes and suffixes. What is the longest word that
you can derive by means of them (that is, the word with the largest number of affixes)?
(Your answer will probably be one that does not exist in any dictionary, but is readily
interpretable on the basis of the base lexeme and the affixes added to it.)
Lexemes Prefixes Suffixes

COMPARTMENT un- -al

DOG de- -ie (noun-forming: ‘little X’)
re- -y (adjective-forming: ‘X-related’)
dis- -ation
-ify
-ish

Answer:
DOG: DE-DOGGIEFICATION
COMPARTMENT: REDECOMPARTMENTALISATION