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Lesson 2 Mercado Ghie Anne A. Baels 1105
Lesson 2 Mercado Ghie Anne A. Baels 1105
Lesson 2 Mercado Ghie Anne A. Baels 1105
BAELS 1105
A. Directions: Divide the following words by placing a + between their morphemes. (Some
of the words may be monomorphemic and therefore indivisible.)
B. Draw tree diagrams for the following words: construal, disappearances, irreplaceability,
misconceive, indecipherable, redarken.
N N
Adj D. Aff
D. Aff V
D. Aff Adj ity
Re place
(Irreplaceability)
Adj V
D. Aff Adj
D. Aff V
de cipher (Redarken)
(Indecipherable)
C. Draw two tree diagrams for undarkenable to reveal its two meanings: ‘able to be less
dark’ and ‘unable to be made dark.’
D. Research project: Consider what are called “interfixes” such as -o- in English jack-o-
lantern. They are said to be meaningless morphemes attached to two morphemes at
once. What can you learn about that notion? Where do you think the -o- comes from?
Are there languages other than English that have interfixes?