Student: Diego Avendao Profesor: Sonia Suarez

Morphemes: Exercise
Activity1
a) Cats: cat (free) s (bound, prefix, inflectional)

b) Unhappy : un (bound, prefix, derivational) - happy (free)

c) Rejoin: re (bound, prefix, derivational) -join (free)

d) Catsup: catsup (free, zero suffix)

e) Milder: mild ( free) - er (bound, suffix, inflectional)

f) Hateful: hate ( free) -ful (bound, suffix, derivational)

g) Succotash: succotash (free)

h) Bicycle: bi (bound, prefix, derivational) - cycle( free)

i) Greedy: greed(free) -y (bound, suffix, derivational)

j) Entrust: en ( bound, prefix, derivational) trust (free)

k) Signpost: sign(free) post (free)

l) Spacious: space(free) ious ( bound, suffix, derivational)

Activity 2

a) Comfortable: comfort (free) - able (bound, suffix, derivational)

b) Massachusetts: Massachussett (free) s (bound, suffix, inflectional)

c) Environmentally: environ (free) - ment (bound, integrated suffix,

derivational) -al (bound, integrated suffix, derivational) ly (bound,

neutral suffix, derivational)

d) Reconditioned: re ( bound, prefix, derivational) - condition ( free) ed (

bound, suffix, inflectional)

e) Unidirectional: uni (bound, prefix, derivational) direct (free) ion

(bound, integrated suffix, derivational) al (bound, suffix, derivational)

f) Senseless: sense ( free) - less ( bound, suffix, derivational)

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g) Thickeners: thick ( free) en (bound, suffix, derivational) er ( bound,

suffix, derivational) s (bound, suffix, inflectional)

h) Rationalization: ration ( free) al ( bound, suffix, derivational) ize (

bound, suffix, derivational) tion (bound, suffix, derivational)

i) Unspeakably: un (bound, prefix, derivational) - speak ( free) able (

bound, suffix, derivational) ly ( bound, suffix, derivational)

Activity 3

a) Rider: -er ( bound, suffix, derivational)

Colder(suffix different from others)
Silver(no suffix)
Actor: - or ( bound, suffix, derivational)

b) Tresses: -es ( bound, suffix, inflectional)

Melodies: -es (bound, suffix inflectional)
Besss (suffix different from others)
Guess (no suffix)

c) Running: -ing ( bound, suffix, inflectional)

Foundling (suffix different from others)
Handling: -ing ( bound, suffix, inflectional)
Fling ( no suffix)
d) Tables: -s (bound, suffix, inflectional)
Lens ( no suffix)
Witches: -es (bound, suffix, inflectional)
Calculates (suffix different from others)

Activity 4

a) Government (noun) govern ( verb)

Speaker (noun) speak ( verb)
Contemplation ( noun) contemplate ( verb)

b) Fictional ( adjective) fiction ( noun)

Childish ( adjective) child (noun)
Colorful (adjective) color (noun)

c) Calmest ( adjective) calm ( noun)

Lovelier (adjective) love (noun)
Sillier ( adjective) silly (adjective)
Student: Diego Avendao Profesor: Sonia Suarez

a. List all of the Popoluca morphemes and allomorphs corresponding to the following translations
[Hints: (1) the past tense is unmarked/blank, and (2) where you see that there are multiple lines below,
there are multiple allomorphs]
Flower mo:ja
House ntk
Boss no:mi
Cornfield ka:ma
I/My ?a- ?am- ?an-
You/Your ?i- ?iL- ?in- ?im-
He/His ?i-
Hoe hoks
Eat ku?t
Sweep pet
Present Tense -pa

b. For two morphemes with more than one allomorph, state the phonetic environments that determine
the occurences of each allomorph. Meaning natural classes they occur in.

I/My ?a- ?am- ?an-

?a before /nm/
?am before bilabial C
?an elsewhere

You/Your ?i- ?iL- ?in- ?im-

?i before /nm/
?iL before velar C
?im before bilabial C
?in elsewhere

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