1 Morphemes are minimal linguistic signs in the sense that they can't be divided further into smaller signs. A O1 O1 True R1 O2 False R2 Read p.000 again. 2 A word can't be a morpheme. A O2 O1 True R1 Any morphologically simple word (e.g. English dog) is also a morpheme. O2 False R2 3 Which of the following is the correct division of the English word repaired (meaning 'mended, fixed') into morphemes? A O3 O1 re-pair-ed R1 pair cannot be separated out as a meaningful item in this instance O2 re-pai-red R2 pai and red are not meaningful components of the word repaired<> O3 repair-ed R3 O4 re-paired R4 paired is not a simple meaningful component of the word repaired O5 repaired R5 No, the word can be divided into morphemes O6 repai-red R6 Neither repai nor red are here meaningful components of the word repaired 4 Which of the following is the correct division of the English word repainted into morphemes? A O1 O1 re-paint-ed R1 O2 re-pain-ted R2 pain and ted are not meaningful components of the word O3 repaint-ed R3 Further division of the word into meaningful parts is possible O4 re-painted R4 Further division of the word into meaningful parts is possible O5 repainted R5 The word is not simple and can be divided into three morphemes O6 repain-ted R6 Neither repain nor ted is a meaning-bearing unit in the word 5 Bound morphemes are called affixes. A O2 O1 True R1 No. Affixes are just one type of bound morpheme. O2 False R2 6 Which of the following types of morpheme gives different forms of a root morpheme? A O2 O1 Clitic R1 No, read p.000 again. O2 Inflectional R2 O3 Derivational R3 No, read p.000 again O4 Allomorphs R4 No, read p.000 again 7 What sort of morpheme is -ing in the English word clippings? A O4 O1 Root R1 Check p.000. O2 Prefix R2 No, prefixes precede the root O3 Infix R3 No, ing is not inserted within the boundaries of another morpheme O4 Suffix R4 O5 Free morpheme R5 No, -ing is not a free morpheme 8 Which of the following is a stem? A O3 O1 A root plus a clitic R1 Read p.000 again O2 A root plus inflections R2 Read p.000 again O3 A root plus derivational morphemes R3 O4 A root plus derivatinal and inflectional morphemes. R4 Read p.000 again O5 A bound root R5 Check the definitions on p.000. 9 Depending on the language, an inflectional affix can be a clitic or a free grammatical word. A O2 O1 True R1 No, inflectional affixes are neither clitics nor grammatical words (p.000). O2 False R2 10 An example of a clitic in English is the plural number marker for nouns, -s ~ -z ~ -əz. A O2 O1 True R1 No, the plural number marker for nouns is not a clitic; the homophonous possessive morpheme is, however. O2 False R2 11 Inflectional affixes are generally more productive than derivational affixes. A O1 O1 True R1 O2 False R2 Read p.000 again. 12 The bound morphemes that are normally least prosodically integrated with the morpheme they are attached to are: A O1 O1 Clitics R1 O2 Derivational morphemes R2 Read p.000 again. O3 Inflectional morphemes R3 Read p.000 again. 13 Phonologically similar allomorphs are called: A O3 O1 Morphs R1 See p.000, 000. O2 Suppletive allomorphs R2 By definition suppletive allomorphs are not phonologically similar. O3 Phonological allomorphs R3 O4 Free allomorphs R4 See p.000, and p.000. 14 Roots are always free. A 02 O1 True R1 Read p.000 again. O2 False R2 15 English has no suppletive allomorphs for any lexical roots. A O2 O1 True R1 No, some lexical roots have suppletive allomorphs - see p.000. O2 False R2 16 Are the allomorphs of a morpheme necessarily in complementary distribution? A O2 O1 Yes R1 No: allomorphs can also be in free variation, as shown on p.000. O2 No R2 17 Attaching a derivational morpheme to a root always changes its part-of-speech. A O2 O1 True R1 Not so. Often derivational morphemes do change part of speech membership, but not always: the agentive -er for instance does not always do so. O2 False R2 18 Does English have agreement inflection on verbs? A O1 O1 Yes R1 O2 No R2 English has minimal agreement inflection on verbs: eats, for instance, is a third person singular inflected form of eat. 19 Does English have inflectional case marking of nouns? A O2 O1 Yes R1 Inflectional case marking is found only on pronouns in English. O2 No R2 20 Which of the following is not a grammatical morpheme in English? A O1 O1 curtain R1 O2 a ~ an R2 Read p.000 again. O3 this R3 Read p.000 again. O4 to R4 Read p.000 again. O5 of R3 Read p.000 again. 21 Which of the following is an unusual (exceptional, or marked) order for the morphemes of a word? A O2 O1 Inflectional prefix + Root + Derivational suffix R1 This is not unusual: read p.000 again. O2 Derivational prefix + Proclitic + Root R2 O3 Proclitic + Inflectional prefix + Root R3 This is not unusual: read p.000 again. O4 Proclitic + Inflectional prefix + Derivational prefix + Root R4 This is not unusual: read p.000 again. O5 Derivational prefix + Root + Enclitic R5 This is not unusual: read p.000 again. O6 Inflectional prefix + Root + Derivational suffix + Enclitic R6 This is not unusual: read p.000 again. 22 A morpheme that can be attached to any word of a sentence is almost certainly a clitic. A O1 O1 True R1 O2 False R2 Derivational and inflectional morphemes are usually more selective in terms of what they attach to - see p.64. 23 If allomorphs are conditioned lexically, their distribution depends on which of the following: A O4 O1 The number of syllables of the lexical word to which they are attached. R1 No, this is phonological conditioning. O2 Their immediate phonological environment. R2 No, this is phonological conditioning. O3 The other grammatical morphemes in the word. R3 No, this is morphological conditioning. O4 The particular lexical item to which they are attached. R4 O5 None of the previous. R6 Read p.000 again.