Assignment 1- Morphology.docx

Grammar I IESLVJRF- Prof. Juan José Arias

Assignment #1 Morphology To be handed in on Monday 14th 1. Analyse the following words morphologically identifying the root, the type of morphemes it has (free, bound, inflectional, derivational, suffix, prefix) and if there are inflections, the stem. Then, draw tree diagrams for them. a. b. c. d. e. f.

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2. True or false? a. b. c. d.

The stem of a word is the form without the derivational affixes. T Derivational affixes always change the category of a word. T Roots can be bound morphemes. T The Principle of Compositionality states that the meaning of a word is T determined by its structure. e. Rang is an example of total suppletion. T

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3. Circle in red all the compounds in the following text: No good deed goes unpunished, and John Oliver’s recent attempts to help out struggling video stores have resulted in the comedian having a koala chlamydia treatment ward named after him, thanks to actor Russell Crowe. Oliver bought a number of items from Russell Crowe’s recent “divorce auction” to help out struggling Alaskan Blockbuster video stores, including paying AU$7,000 for the jockstrap the actor wore in the film Cinderella Man. That item is now on display in the last Blockbuster in Anchorage.

4. Draw two different trees for each of the following ambiguous words/phrases: a. Unfoldable b. Criminal lawyer