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Nurfadia - Task 1 Morphology
Nurfadia - Task 1 Morphology
Answer :
“ when he arrived in the morning, the old man had an umbrella and a large plastic bag full of books .”
2. (a) list the bound morphemes in these words : fearlessly, misleads, previewer, shortened, unhappier
Answer :
Fearlessly Previewer
Misleads Shortened
(b) which of these words has a bound stem : construct, deceive, introduce, repeat?
( c ) which of these words contains an allomorph of the morpheme “past tense” : are, have, must,
sitting, waits?
Must: does not contain an allomorph of the morpheme “past tense” because it does not
have past tense
“er”, as comparative
“est”, as superlative
“s”, as plural
4. What are the Allomorphs of the morpheme “ plural “ in this set of English words : criteria, dogs, oxen,
deer, judges, stimuli?
Answer : All of them are the allomorphs of the morpheme “plural” because :
Criteria : criterion + plural produces the irregular plural form “criteria” that ends in “A”
Dogs : dog + plural produces the regular form “dogs” that adds “-s”
Oxen : ox + plural produces the irregular form “oxen” that adds “-en”
Judges : judge + plural produces the regular form “judges” that adds “-s”
Stimuli : stimulus + plural produces the irregular form “stimuli” that changes from
stimulus becomes stimuli.
5. What is reduplication ?
Answer : Reduplication is the process repetition of word that has a same root word, sometimes change
the first or last letter from the word.
Ex: -Chit-Chat
6. Provide equivalent forms, in the language listed, for the English translations shown on the right below
.
Answer : Ganda omulongo (“twin”) - (“twins”) > Abalongjo
7. What is “suppletion”? was there an example of an English suppletive form described in this chapter ?
Answer : Suppletion is complement. But suppletion also can be defined as a word that has same meaning
but different form.
Answer : Stitch - stitches > phonological conditioning ( s/es that plural form )
Exclaim – exclamation > morphological conditioning ( -ion is as suffix that sound change)
Conclude – conclusion > morphological conditioning (-ion is as suffix that sound change)
Tooth – teeth > lexical conditioning ( vowel change and as plural form )
9. What are enclitics and proclitics ? does English have both ? what are some typical English examples?
Why aren’t they just called affixes?
Answer :
Enclitics is include as abbreviation word and yes, it’s common we use in English.