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MATRIC NO MS201012534
PROGRAMME BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
COURSE CODE ESLB4023
COURSE TITLE MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX
SEMESTER SEMESTER 6
SECTION MS-D1
DATE 19
TH
AUGUST 2022

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SECTION A
QUESTION 1
Morphology is the study of word structure and its link to sentence structure and meaning, and it
refers to the mental processes involved in word production. -The study of sound patterns and
their meanings, both within and between languages, is referred to as phonology. During the
communication process, morphology and phonology interact with one another. Morphological
processes must merge the phonological content of separate morphemes during processing to
form a phonological representation suitable for driving phonological processing.
QUESTION 2
a. “ed” as an indicator of past tense of verbs

Hesitated (əd)
Burned (d)

Bruised (d)
Loaded (əd)

Judged (d)

Fetched (t)
Cried (d)

Missed (t)
Walked (d)

Mowed (d)

b. (i) The (əd) occurs after morphs ending with alveolar stops.
(ii) The (d) occurs after any voiced sounds except for alveolar stops such as /t,d/.
(iii) The (t) occurs after voiceless sounds except /t,d/.

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QUESTION 3

PREFIX(ES) ROOT SUFFIX(ES)

Discover Dis cover

Internship Intern ship

Stereotyping Stereotype ing

Monotheism Mono theos ism

Hypersensitivity Hyper sensitive ity

Postcolonial Post colonial

Undercooked Under cook ed

Interdependence Inter depend ence

Invisibly In visible ly

Dysfunctional Dys function al

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SECTION B
QUESTION 1
a) The sentence given consists of lexical ambiguity which means, the sentence have two
possible meanings to it. The first possible meaning can be, Jack decided to choose the
boat. The second meaning can be, Jack made a decision while he was on the boat.
b) Jack decided to choose the boat.
i. TP

NP VP

N’ V’

N V PP

Jack decided
P’

P NP

on Det N’

the N

boat

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ii. Jack made a decision while he was on the boat.

TP

NP VP

N’ V’

N V’ PP

Jack
V P’

decided P NP

on Det N’

the N’

boat

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