Practice: Morphological Analysis

Analyze each of items below morphologically. Determine

a. How many morphemes each items contains (1 or more than 1);

b. If there is more than one morpheme, which are free and which bound;

c. If there is more than one morpheme, which one is the base / root; and
what are the remaining morphemes: prefixes or suffixes;

d. If there are prefixes and/or suffixes, which are derivational and which
inflectional (use elimination: if there is an affix and it is not in the list of
inflectional morphemes, then it’s derivational;

e. Whether the word(s) is(are) simple, compound, or complex and finally,

f. If a word is inflected, is the inflection regular or irregular?

Remember: One or both of the words that make up a compound word may be
complex. Such items count as both compound and complex words.

Warning: Don’t let variations in spelling disturb you too much. Sometimes
adding suffixes changes the way the base word or suffix is spelled.

1. unskilled
2. disagreeable
3. telephone
4. infamous
5. snowboarding
6. replaced
7. countrified
8. encouragement
9. relationship
10.softly
11.cannibal
12.labour force
13.father – in – law
14.bolder
15.unfair
16.ability
17.back – form
18.kindnesses
19.normalize
20.car ferry