Morphology Exercises

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Part 3

Exercise 1    
Give a thorough characterization of the morphemes in the following
words as shown below: discourageable, traditionally, suffocations,
internationalism
Example: Carelessly
Care: Lexical root, Grammatical category: Noun.
-less: Bound morpheme (suffix), Derivational, Grammatical class changing,
Function: form Adjectives.
-ly: Bound morpheme (suffix), Derivational, Grammatical class changing,
Function : form Adverbs.

- Discourageable
 Dis-: Bound morpheme (prefix), Derivational, Grammatical class
maintaing, Function: Negation
 Cour: Lexical root, Grammatical category: Noun
 -age: Bound morpheme (suffix), derivational, grammatical class
maintaining, Function: form Nouns.
 -able: Bound morpheme (suffix), Derivational, Grammatical class
changing, Function: form adj
- Traditionally
 Tradition: Lexical root, Grammatical category: Noun
 -al: Bound morpheme (suffix), Derivational, Grammatical class
changing, Function: form Adj
 -ly: Bound morpheme (suffix), Derivational, Grammatical class
changing, Function: form adv
- Suffocations
 Suffocate: Lexical root, Grammatical category: Verb
 -tion: Bound morpheme (suffix), Derivational, Grammatical class
maintaing, Function: form Nouns
 -s: Bound morpheme (suffix), Inflectional, Function: indicate the
plural form of nouns.
- Internationalism
 Inter-: Bound morpheme (prefix), Derivational, Grammatical class
maintaing, Function: express reciprocality or intermediancy.
  Nation: Lexical root, Grammatical category: Noun
 -al: Bound morpheme (suffix), Derivational, Grammatical class
changing, Function: form adjs
 -ism: Bound morpheme (suffix), Derivational, Grammatical class
changing, Function: form Nouns

Exercise 2
Describe the italic affixes, whether they are derivational or
inflectional:

a. supremacy
b.latest
c.aphasia
d.defies
e.fanciful
f.agriculture
g.modifies
h.tougher
i.sharpen
j.economics
k.moneyed
l.deploy
m.broken
n. heroes
Exercise 3  
State whether the affixes are derivational or inflectional:

Words Affixes Der. / Inf.

happiness ...ness....... ......Der....
unkind ......un.... ....Der......
flowers ......s.... .......Inf...
discourage ....dis../ age.... .....Der.....
amoral .....a../ al... ...Der.......
readable ..... able... ....Der......
accustomed ....ac /.ed..... ...Der/..Inf.....
perception ....tion..... ...Der.......
unbearable .....Un./ able.... ....Der......
happenings ...ing /..s..... ..Der / Inf........
pitiable .....able..... ...der.......
greediness ..i /..ness...... ....der......
teacher ........er.. ....der......
untruthfulness ....un / th / full /ness...... .......der...
buses ....es...... ....inf......
appointee .....ee..... ....der......
clueless .....less..... ......der....
unhappier .....un / er..... ...der / inf.......
Merging (V)
...ing./ ing...... ....inf.../ der...
Merging (N)

Exercise 4                     Answers

Segment the following words and classify the morphemes associated

with them as requested below:

Derivational Morphemes
Inflectional
Words Roots Class- Class- Morphemes
maintaining changing
......al /
nationalisations .....nation..... .......... .....s.....
ise./ation...
uncharacteristically ......character..........un / al.... ...istic / ly. ..........
reimbursment ...burse....... .....re..... ...im/..ment..... ..........
unverbalized ....verb...... .......... ..al /..ize...... ...ed.......
....auto../
autobiography .....bio..... ......y.... ..........
graph....
destigmatized .....stigmat..... ....de...... ...tize....... ......ed....

Exercise 5                     Answers

Match between the italicized part under A with one proper

description from the list under B:
 A B

1. inflectional suffix
2. inflectional infix
a. burial 3
3. derivational suffix
b. huckleberry 5
4. free root
c. plagiarizes 1
5. bound root
d. misunderstood 8
6. derivational infix
e. unluckily 4
7. inflectional prefix
8. derivational prefix

Exercise 6                     Answers

For each word below, draw a word tree:

1.ambidextrous
2.characterized
3.insufferably
4.contradictory
5.underpinned
6.dangerously
7.thoughtless
8.meaningfulness
9.microorganisms
10.retry
11.sinkable
12.disinformational
13. demagnetizability

Exercise 7                     Answers

a) Draw tree diagrams for the following words:

construal, disappearances, irreplaceability, misconceive, indecipherable,

redarken.

b) Draw two tree diagrams for undarkenable to reveal its two meanings: “able to

be less dark” and “unable to be made dark.”

c) Do the same as (b) for unzippable to reveal its  two meanings: "unable to be
zipped" and "able to be unzipped"