Modern Grammar - Assignment 7 James Madison University

Instructions: [This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort.

1. Re-read the portion of the morphology chapter that discusses The Hierachical Structure of Words. Then, attempt Exercise 7 on page 85 (NOTE, however, that you can just write down the new stem formed by each step rather than the word class of each stem. Also, one hint -- the last two examples have bound roots :) )
2. Follow the same directions for the words "re-energizing" and "informalities."
3. Though irregular allomorphs cannot be predicted by rule, there can be (and are in English) multiple words containing the same irregular allomorph. Re-examine the list of irregular past tense allomorphs in English on page 103, and then do Exercise 20 on page 104.
4. Re-read the portion of the morphology chapter on (other) Ways of Forming New Words. Then find two examples not mentioned in our text of words resulting from any of the following processes: blends, acronyms, and/or functional shifts.