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 Answers to Unit 1 Exercises B 

1. Types of Morphemes

a. phonetic

phon  /

(et) /

-ic

ROOT

SUFFIX

b. congregate

con-   /

greg   /

-ate

PREFIX

ROOT

SUFFIX

c. biographical

bio   /

graph   /

-ic   /

-al

ROOT

ROOT

SUFFIX

SUFFIX

d. pseudomorph

pseud   /

(o) /

morph

ROOT

ROOT

e. deconstruction

de-   /

con- /

struc   /

(t)   /

-ion

PREFIX

PREFIX

ROOT

SUFFIX

2. Suffixes

1. -or 'one who'

6. -ine 'pertaining to'

11. -itis 'an inflammation'

2. -ia 'a medical condition'

7. -ism 'a practice'

12. -esc 'become'

3. -oid 'resembling'

8. -y 'something'

13. -um 'something'

4. -arium 'a place'

9. -ite 'pertaining to'

14. -oma 'a tumor'

5. -sis 'a result'

10. -ity 'a quality'

15. -ize 'to cause to'

3. Prefixes

1. ab- SPATIAL 'away'

5. se- SPATIAL 'apart'

9. dia- SPATIAL or TEMPORAL 'across'

2. pre- TEMPORAL 'before'

6. de- INTENSIVE 'very'

10. ex- SPATIAL 'out'

3. inter- SPATIAL 'between'

7. in- SPATIAL 'in'

11. post- TEMPORAL 'after'

4. con- INTENSIVE 'very'

8. hyper- INTENSIVE 'very'

12. pro- TEMPORAL 'before'

4. Inflectional and Derivational Suffixes

tempestuous (1)

Derivational-Adjective-forming

explosion (2)

Derivational-Noun-forming

pierced (3)

Inflectional

silence (4)

Derivational-Noun-forming

maid's (5)

Inflectional

persistent (6)

Derivational-Adjective-forming

screams (7)

Inflectional

conservatory (8)

Derivational-Noun-forming

running (9)

Inflectional

prostrate (10)

Derivational-Adjective-forming

employer (11)

Derivational-Noun-forming

reclusive (12)

Derivational-Adjective-forming

industrialist (13)

Derivational-Noun-forming

given (14)

Inflectional

fatal (15)

Derivational-Adjective-forming

anesthetic (16)

Derivational-Noun-forming

fragile (17)

Derivational-Adjective-forming

document (18)

Derivational-Noun-forming

gigantic (19)

Derivational-Adjective-forming

organize (20)

Derivational-Verb-forming

reconnaissance (21)

Derivational-Noun-forming

fugitive (22)

Derivational-Noun-forming

interrogate (23)

Derivational-Verb-forming

miscreant (24)

Derivational-Noun-forming

5. Word Analysis

a. intersection

1)

inter- /

sec /

(t) /

-ion

2)

'between,among'

'cut, split'

NOUN (or just N)

'something which cuts between (something else)'

b. microbiology

1)

micro-  /

bio /

log /

-y

2)

'small'

'life'

'study,speak'

NOUN

'the study of small life forms'

c. pseudoscience

1)

pseud  /

(o) /

sci /

-ence

2)

'false'

'know,discern'

NOUN

'false knowledge'

d. extracorporeal

1)

extra-  /

corpor /

(e)  /

-al

2)

'outside'

'body,flesh

ADJ

'being outside the body'

e. psychopathic

1)

psych  /

(o) /

path  /

-ic

2)

'mind,spirit'

'feel,illness'

ADJ

'having a illness of the mind'


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