Lexis TEFL Review Practice Study Test.

Lexis TEFL Review Practice Study Test. Morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix); cannot be divided and retain meaning. free morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER a set of letters that can stand on its own and have meaning bound morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER Word element that cannot stand alone as a word; must be attached to a free morpheme. Affixes are an example (prefixes or suffixes) inflectional morphemes - CORRECT ANSWER affixes (suffixes) that can be added to a morpheme without changing its part of speech or meaning; change the function of a word, such as in number, tense, possession, comparative/superlative, etc. Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER The study of words, their structure, and the patterns of word formation. affixes - CORRECT ANSWER parts added to the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix) of a root word to create new words. derivational morphemes - CORRECT ANSWER affixes (prefix/suffix) that can be added to a morpheme to change its meaning and may change its part of speech word root - CORRECT ANSWER foundation of the word that contains its main meaning; base of the word; core of the word; It is a free morpheme prefix - CORRECT ANSWER a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning suffix - CORRECT ANSWER an affix that is added at the end of the word often changes the word's part of speech (except for inflectional morphemes) collocations - CORRECT ANSWER The tendency for some words to combine or be frequently paired with one another.