25 May Linguistics
Homework 3: Lexicon Name___________________________
Morphology Collaborators_____________________
Word Formation ________________________________
Part 1: Lexicon
In the following list, write either “yes” or “no” to indicate whether or not the items would be found in the lexicon. The word/phrase in italics is the item in question. (4 points)
HW3 – Linguistics 100 – Spring 2018
1. ____ the word: houses
2. ____ the plural ending: –s
3. ____ the idiomatic phrase: sit on the fence
4. ____ the word: running
Part 2: Morphology
Identify the following free morphemes as either lexical or functional. (4 points)
5. __________ the
6. __________ fast
7. __________ find
8. __________ in
For the words below, state how many morphemes each word contains, separate the morphemes, and identify all the parts: stem, derivational morpheme(s), and/or inflectional morpheme(s). (9 points)
Example: relisted 3 morphemes: 1. re- 2. list 3. -ed
(1. derivational) (2. stem) (3. inflectional)
Example: motivational 4 morphemes: 1. motive 2. –ate 3. –tion 4. –al
(1.stem) (2. derivational) (3. derivational) (4. derivational)
9. governments
10. unstoppable
11. sleepiest
Following is a list of words from Turkish. In Turkish, articles and morphemes indicating location are affixed to the noun. Look at the data and answer the following questions. (6 points)
deniz “an ocean”
denize “to an ocean”
denizin “of an ocean”
eve “to a house”
evden “from a house”
evimden “from my house”
denizimde “in my ocean”
elde “in a hand”
12. What is the Turkish morpheme meaning “to”? ________________
13. What type of affix is it (in terms of placement – prefix, infix, suffix, circumfix)? _______________________
14. What would the Turkish word for “from an ocean” be? ______________________
Part 3: Word Formation
Match the following words to the word formation process by which they were created. (7 points)
14. ladybug
15. kleenex
16. scuba
17. taco
18. brunch
19. televise
20. condo
a. clipping
b. borrowing
c. coinage
d. compounding
e. backformation
f. blending
g. acronym
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