English 336: Linguistics
Extra Exercise on Morphology
Dr. Tina L. Hanlon
Associate Professor of English
Ferrum
College
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Based on exercise 3 in Fromkin, Rodman, and Hyams, 8th ed., chap. 3, p. 108 Match the expressions on the left with the correct morphological description on the right.
| I. | |||
| ________ | (a) wifely, wifehood, wifeless | 1. compound noun | |
| ________ | (b) take a wife | 2. root morpheme plus derivational prefix | |
| ________ | (c) his wife | 3. phrase consisting of adjective plus noun | |
| ________ | (d) tall wife | 4. root morpheme plus inflectional suffix | |
| ________ | (e) housewife | 5. root morpheme plus derivational suffix | |
| ________ | (f) wives | 6. grammatical morpheme followed by lexical morpheme | |
| ________ | (g) exwife | 7. idiom | |
| II. | |||
| ________ | (a) lives | 1. compound noun | |
| ________ | (b) a life | 2. root morpheme plus derivational prefix | |
| ________ | (c) long life | 3. phrase consisting of adjective plus noun | |
| ________ | (d) lifeguard, lifetime, lifeblood | 4. root morpheme plus inflectional suffix | |
| ________ | (e) for the life of me | 5. root morpheme plus derivational suffix | |
| ________ | (f) relive | 6. grammatical morpheme followed by lexical morpheme | |
| ________ | (g) lifelike, lifeless | 7. idiom | |
| III. | |||
| ________ | (a) running | 1. compound noun | |
| ________ | (b) brief run | 2. root morpheme plus derivational prefix | |
| ________ | (c) run for office, run across | 3. phrase consisting of adjective plus noun | |
| ________ | (d) runner, runny | 4. root morpheme plus inflectional suffix | |
| ________ | (e) rerun | 5. root morpheme plus derivational suffix | |
| ________ | (f) runway, run-of-the-mill | 6. grammatical morpheme followed by lexical morpheme | |
| ________ | (g) to run | 7. idiom | |
| IV. | |||
| ________ | (a) the coat off his back | 1. compound noun | |
| ________ | (b) recoat | 2. root morpheme plus derivational prefix | |
| ________ | (c) coated | 3. phrase consisting of adjective plus noun | |
| ________ | (d) ugly coat | 4. root morpheme plus inflectional suffix | |
| ________ | (e) my coat | 5. root morpheme plus derivational suffix | |
| ________ | (f) turncoat | 6. grammatical morpheme followed by lexical morpheme | |
| ________ | (g) coater | 7. idiom |