Summary Outline

Topic: Basic Concept of Morphology

A. Please read through the chapter of ‘What is Morphology’ in Lieber’s book

then answer the following questions to help you summarizing the topic.

• Please define these terms: words, morphemes, lexemes, tokens, types,

forms and provide examples to see the difference among them.

• How do you differentiate between simple words and complex words?

Provide examples to see the difference among them.

• What do you understand about mental lexicon? Explain with example.

• How do you define word formation rules? Explain with example.

• How do you differentiate between word formation and lexeme formation?

Provide example for each.

• What do you know about inflection and derivation? Explain with

example.

B. After summarizing the topic, please try to do the exercises in the end of the
chapter. There are five questions that you need to answer to check your
understanding. Write the answer after your summary.