Review Exercise Morphological Analysis
1. stylistic
{style} free base; “sort, kind, type”; I like Madonna’s hair style.
{-ist} bound deri v a t i onal suffix meaning “p e r s on who does;” c reates agent nouns; p i a n i s t
{ - i c } bound deri v a t i onal suffix meaning “ch a ra c t e ristic of;” c reates adjective s ; m y t h i c.
2. restive
{rest} free base; “to repose”; He rested all day.
{-ive} bound deri v a t i onal suffix meaning “having ch a ra c t e ristic of;” c reates adjective s ; d i s ru p t ive.
3. carefully
{care} f ree base; “c on c e rn , a t t e n t i on ; ” The neurologist exercised ca re in assessing head injuri e s .
{-ful} derivational suffix meaning “having characteristic of;” creates adjectives; painful
{-ly} bound derivational suffix; creates adverbs of manner; richly
4. reachable
{reach} free base; “to arrive at;” Ann reached our house by noon.
{-able} derivational suffix; creates adjectives; drinkable
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5. nationhood
{nation} free base; “a group of people as a political unit;” Europe may become a single nation.
{-hood} bound derviational suffix; creates nouns; brotherhood
6. legalize
{legal} free base; “pertaining to law;” Their marriage is not legal in California.
{-ize} bound d e ri v a t i onal suffix; c reates ve rbs from adjectives or nouns; e q u a l i z e, ru b b eri z e
7. rivalry
{rival} free base; “an opponent;” The count met his rival at dawn.
{-ry} bound derivational suffix meaning “state or condition;” creates nouns; thievery
8. reference
{refer} free base; “to direct;” The president will refer the question to the Secretary of State.
{-ence} bound derivational suffix meaning “state or condition;” creates nouns from
adjectives ending in -ent; confidence
9. playful
{play} free base; “to act in jest or sport;” Our basketball team plays well.
{-ful} bound derivational suffix; creates adjectives; helpful
Inflectional Morphemes
immigrants noun plural
States noun plural
brought verb past tense
dialects noun plural
was verb past tense
greater adjective comparative
come verb past participle
historians noun plural
centuries noun plural
colonists noun plural
differences noun plural
became verb past tense
moved verb past tense
accommodated verb past tense
diminished verb past participle
growing verb present participle
England’s noun possessive
encouraged verb past tense
EX ERCISE ANSWER KEY EX–9
1. stylistic
{style} free base; “sort, kind, type”; I like Madonna’s hair style.
{-ist} bound deri v a t i onal suffix meaning “p e r s on who does;” c reates agent nouns; p i a n i s t
{ - i c } bound deri v a t i onal suffix meaning “ch a ra c t e ristic of;” c reates adjective s ; m y t h i c.
2. restive
{rest} free base; “to repose”; He rested all day.
{-ive} bound deri v a t i onal suffix meaning “having ch a ra c t e ristic of;” c reates adjective s ; d i s ru p t ive.
3. carefully
{care} f ree base; “c on c e rn , a t t e n t i on ; ” The neurologist exercised ca re in assessing head injuri e s .
{-ful} derivational suffix meaning “having characteristic of;” creates adjectives; painful
{-ly} bound derivational suffix; creates adverbs of manner; richly
4. reachable
{reach} free base; “to arrive at;” Ann reached our house by noon.
{-able} derivational suffix; creates adjectives; drinkable
EX–8 EX ERCISE ANSWER KEY
5. nationhood
{nation} free base; “a group of people as a political unit;” Europe may become a single nation.
{-hood} bound derviational suffix; creates nouns; brotherhood
6. legalize
{legal} free base; “pertaining to law;” Their marriage is not legal in California.
{-ize} bound d e ri v a t i onal suffix; c reates ve rbs from adjectives or nouns; e q u a l i z e, ru b b eri z e
7. rivalry
{rival} free base; “an opponent;” The count met his rival at dawn.
{-ry} bound derivational suffix meaning “state or condition;” creates nouns; thievery
8. reference
{refer} free base; “to direct;” The president will refer the question to the Secretary of State.
{-ence} bound derivational suffix meaning “state or condition;” creates nouns from
adjectives ending in -ent; confidence
9. playful
{play} free base; “to act in jest or sport;” Our basketball team plays well.
{-ful} bound derivational suffix; creates adjectives; helpful
Inflectional Morphemes
immigrants noun plural
States noun plural
brought verb past tense
dialects noun plural
was verb past tense
greater adjective comparative
come verb past participle
historians noun plural
centuries noun plural
colonists noun plural
differences noun plural
became verb past tense
moved verb past tense
accommodated verb past tense
diminished verb past participle
growing verb present participle
England’s noun possessive
encouraged verb past tense
EX ERCISE ANSWER KEY EX–9
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