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Morphology Intro Exercises

This document contains exercises related to analyzing words and sentences. The exercises ask the reader to identify whether words are simple or complex, determine if words belong to the same lexeme or different lexemes, count word tokens, types and lexemes in sample sentences, and identify words that belong to the same word family or lexeme as the word "sing".

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Morphology Intro Exercises

This document contains exercises related to analyzing words and sentences. The exercises ask the reader to identify whether words are simple or complex, determine if words belong to the same lexeme or different lexemes, count word tokens, types and lexemes in sample sentences, and identify words that belong to the same word family or lexeme as the word "sing".

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Exercises

1. Are the following words simple or complex?


a. members d. fizzy g. writer j. alligator
b. prioritize e. dizzy h. rewind
c. handsome f. grammar i. reject
If you have difficulty deciding whether particular words are simple or complex, explain why you find them
problematic.
2. Do the words in the following pairs belong to the same lexeme or to different lexemes?
a. revolve - revolution
b. revolution - revolutions
c. revolve - dissolve
d. go - went
e. wash - rewash
3. In the following sentences, count word tokens, types, and lexemes:
a. I say now, just as I said yesterday, that the price of a wombat is high but the price of a platypus is
higher.
Tokens: ________
Types: ________
Lexemes: ________
b. I have just replaced my printer with a new one that prints much faster.
Tokens: ________
Types: ________
Lexemes: ________
4. What words belong to the same word family or lexeme as sing?

Exercises

1. Are the following words simple or complex?


a. members d. fizzy g. writer j. alligator
b. prioritize e. dizzy h. rewind
c. handsome f. grammar i. reject
If you have difficulty deciding whether particular words are simple or complex, explain why you find them
problematic.
2. Do the words in the following pairs belong to the same lexeme or to different lexemes?
a. revolve - revolution
b. revolution - revolutions
c. revolve - dissolve
d. go - went
e. wash - rewash
3. In the following sentences, count word tokens, types, and lexemes:
a. I say now, just as I said yesterday, that the price of a wombat is high but the price of a platypus is
higher.
Tokens: ________
Types: ________
Lexemes: ________
b. I have just replaced my printer with a new one that prints much faster.
Tokens: ________
Types: ________
Lexemes: ________
4. What words belong to the same word family or lexeme as sing?

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