Practice: Morphological Analysis - KEY http://cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba/morph/morphpracticekey.

html

Practice: Morphological Analysis KEY

Analyze each of the items below morphologically. Determine

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

b. if there is more than one morpheme, which are free and which bound;
c. if there is more than one morpheme, which one is the root; and what are the remaining
morphemes: prefixes or suffixes;
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, or complex
and finally,
f. if a word is inflected, is the inflection regular or irregular?

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

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: skill bound: un-, -ed
c. root: skill
d. derivational: u n - , -ed
e. word: complex,
f. inflectional suffix: none

2 disagreeable

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: agree
c. root: agree
d. derivational: dis-, -able inflectional: none
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: none

3 telephone

a. morphemes: 2
b. free: phone bound: tele-
c. root: phone
d. derivational: tele-
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: none

1 di 4 24/11/2012 18:22
Practice: Morphological Analysis - KEY http://cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba/morph/morphpracticekey.html

4 infamous

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: fame bound: in-, -ous
c. root: fame
d. derivational: in-, -ous inflectional: none
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: none

5 snowboarding

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: snow, board bound: -ing
c. roots: snow, board
d. derivational: none inflectional: -ing
e. word: compound and complex
f. inflectional suffix: -ing, regular

6 replaced

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: place bound: re-, -ed
c. root: place
d. derivational: re-, inflectional: -ed
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: -ed (regular)

7 countrified

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: country bound: - ify, -ed
c. root: country
d. derivational: -ify inflectional: -ed
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: -ed

8 encouragement

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: courage bound: en-, -ment
c. root: courage
d. derivational: en-, -ment inflectional: none
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: none

9 relationship

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: relate bound: -ion, -ship
c. root: relate
d. derivational: -ion, -ship inflectional: none
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: none

2 di 4 24/11/2012 18:22
Practice: Morphological Analysis - KEY http://cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba/morph/morphpracticekey.html

10 softly

a. morphemes: 2
b. free: soft bound: -ly
c. root: soft
d. derivational: -ly inflectional: none
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: none

11 cannibal

a. morpheme: 1 bound: none

b. free: cannibal
c. root: cannibal
d. derivational: none inflectional: none
e. word: s i m p l e
f. inflectional suffix: none

12 labour force

a. morphemes: 2
b. free: labour, force bound: none
c. root: labour, force
d. derivational: none
e. word: compound
f. inflectional suffix: none

13 father-in-law

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: father, in, law bound: none
c. root: father, in, law
d. derivational: inflectional: none
e. word: compound
f. inflectional suffix: none

14 bolder

a. morphemes: 2
b. free: bold bound: -er
c. root: bold
d. derivational: inflectional: -er
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: -er, regular

15 unfair

a. morphemes: 2
b. free: fair bound: un
c. root: fair
d. derivational: un- inflectional: n o n e
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: none

3 di 4 24/11/2012 18:22
Practice: Morphological Analysis - KEY http://cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba/morph/morphpracticekey.html

16 ability

a. morphemes: 2
b. free: able bound: -ity
c. root: able
d. derivational: -ity inflectional: none
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: none

17 back-form

a. morphemes: 2
b. free: back, form bound: n o n e
c. root: back, form
d. derivational: none, inflectional: none
e. word: compound
f. inflectional suffix: none

18 kindnesses

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: kind bound: -ness, -es
c. root: kind
d. derivational: -ness inflectional: -es
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: -es, regular

19 normalize

a. morphemes: 3
b. free: norm bound: -al, -ize
c. root: norm
d. derivational: -al,-ize inflectional: none
e. word: complex
f. inflectional suffix: none

20 car ferry

a. morphemes: 2
b. free: car, ferry bound:none
c. roots: car, ferry
d. derivational: none inflectional: none
e. word: compound
f. inflectional suffix: none

4 di 4 24/11/2012 18:22