Morphemes
Who defined a morpheme as the minimal meaningful unit?
Bloomfield.
Which morphemes change word class?
Derivational.
What does morphology study?
Word structure.
What does stylistic morphology analyze?
Tone through word-form choices.
What type of morpheme cannot stand alone?
Bound morpheme.
How many inflectional morphemes exist in English?
Eight.
How does Matthews describe morphology?
Bridge between lexicon and grammar
What do “childlike” and “childish” differ in?
Connotation.
What morphemes carry core meaning?
Lexical morphemes.
What morpheme adds grammatical information only?
Inflectional.
What process forms words like notebook?
Compounding.
Which suffix often adds stylistic nuance?
–ish.
What morpheme expresses number, tense, case, etc.?
Inflectional morpheme.
What morpheme gives negative meaning to a word?
un-......
What process changes word class without affixes?
Conversion.
Which scholar studied expressive affixes?
Vinogradov.
What distinguishes lexeme-creating morphemes?
Derivation.
Which morphemes cannot function independently?
Bound morphemes.
Which linguist linked morphology to social meaning?
Hockett.
Why is “modernize” more formal than “update”?
Formal derivation.