<p> cmy/June 2011</p><p>Assignment 1</p><p>BBI 3212 ENGLISH SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY</p><p>NAME: ______MATRIC NO: ______</p><p>CENTRE: ______</p><p>ASSIGNMENT 1 (10%)</p><p>1. State the number of morphemes in each of the following words. State whether each word is a simple or complex word.</p><p>Word No. of morphemes Simple/ complex (circle) iowlet Simple/ complex tallest Simple/ complex oxen Simple/ complex whitewater Simple/ complex does Simple/ complex betray Simple/ complex unfortunately Simple/ complex </p><p>2. Divide the following words into their component morphemes, and state whether each morpheme is free or bound.</p><p>Word Free / bound e.g. teacher teach/ er teach - free, er - bound demigod recycling ravenous reject clarify sensible ability</p><p>1 cmy/June 2011</p><p>3. Represent the structure of the following words using tree diagrams and labeled bracketing. Where an affix is used, state whether the affixation is derivational or inflectional.</p><p> i. E.g. burgled</p><p>V [[burgle]V Af]]V</p><p>V Af (inflectional affix)</p><p> burgle ed </p><p> ii. storage ______</p><p> iii. foldable ______</p><p> iv. runaway train ______</p><p> v. millions ______</p><p> vi. brotherly ______</p><p>2 cmy/June 2011</p><p>4. State the word-formation processes involved in the creation of the following words.</p><p>(from Parker & Riley 2005)</p><p> i. fanatic fan ______</p><p> ii. formula translation Fortran ______</p><p> iii. common business oriented language COBOL ______</p><p> iv. narcotics agent narc ______</p><p> v. tuberculosis TB ______</p><p> vi. nose + bleed nosebleed ______</p><p> vii. as soon as possible ASAP ______</p><p> viii. Earl of Sandwich sandwich ______</p><p> x. camera + video recorder camcorder ______</p><p>5. State whether the following words are compounds. </p><p> i. The tomatoes are planted in greenhouses. ______</p><p> ii. We could see some very big houses along the way. ______</p><p> iii. The All Blacks were a formidable team. ______</p><p> iv. Their faces were all black and dirty with mud. ______</p><p> v. Football is my favourite game. ______</p><p> vi. The main ingredient of the dish is sea weed. ______</p><p> vii. The girl caught a ladybird. ______</p><p> viii. The hockey sticks were kept in the school’s store. ______</p><p> ix. Honey roasted almonds are sold in the hypermarket. ______</p><p> x. I’ll see you right after noon. ______</p><p> xi. I’ll see you in the afternoon. ______</p><p>3 cmy/June 2011</p><p>6. For each of the following, state the morphological process that can account for the change in the form of the word given.</p><p> i. clean  cleans ______</p><p> ii. seek  sought ______</p><p> iii. beg  begged ______</p><p> iv. Mary  Mary’s (Mary is) ______</p><p> v. drive  drove ______</p><p> vi. they are  they’re ______</p><p> vii. enthusiasm  enthuse ______</p><p> viii. box  boxes ______</p><p> ix. front  upfront ______</p><p> x. reform  pro-reform ______</p><p> xi. reform  reformist ______</p><p> xii. reformist  reformists ______</p><p> xiii. market + place  marketplace ______</p><p> xiv. happy  unhappiest ______</p><p> xv. think  thinking ______</p><p> xvi. sheep [sing]  sheep [plu] ______</p><p> xvii. olive + branch = olive branch ______</p><p> xviii. go  went ______</p><p> xix. sing  sang ______</p><p> xx. drink (V)  drink (N) ______</p><p> xxi. read (pres)  read (past) ______</p><p> xxii. love (V)  loving (A) or (V) ______</p><p> xxiii. also known as  aka ______</p><p> xxiv. chuckle + snort = chortle ______</p><p>4 cmy/June 2011</p><p>7. Name the inflectional morphemes underscored.</p><p>E.g. The girl cried = past tense morpheme</p><p> i. The box es ______</p><p> ii. He grieved ______</p><p> iii. The prettier one ______</p><p>5</p>