CALT Morphology and Etymology 2

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a derivational morpheme?

Accepted Answer

The suffix -tion turning create into creation

Answer

Derivational morphemes change the grammatical category or meaning of a base word, unlike inflectional morphemes that only modify grammatical features.

Question 2

The Latin root port as in transport, export, and import means:

Accepted Answer

To carry

Answer

The Latin root port means to carry, linking words like transport meaning carry across, export meaning carry out, and import meaning carry in.

Question 3

In morphological analysis, a free morpheme is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A morpheme that can stand alone as a word

Answer

Free morphemes are complete words that can stand alone and carry meaning independently, unlike bound morphemes that must attach to a base.

Question 4

Teaching students the Greek root graph meaning write and the prefix bio meaning life allows them to decode biography as:

Accepted Answer

A written account of someone's life

Answer

Breaking biography into bio meaning life plus graph meaning write plus the suffix -y reveals its meaning as a written account of a life.

Question 5

Which correctly describes an inflectional morpheme?

Accepted Answer

It modifies the grammatical form of a word without changing its core meaning or category

Answer

Inflectional morphemes adjust grammatical features such as tense, number, possession, and comparison without changing the base word's part of speech or fundamental meaning.

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CALT Morphology and Etymology 2