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.