Structure of Words and Affixation
Across
- 3. An element placed at the beginning of a word.
- 9. An element placed at the end of a word.
- 12. Variant forms of the same morpheme.
- 13. A word change to express grammatical function (plural, tense, etc.).
- 16. A morpheme that can stand alone as a word.
- 17. A group of words derived from the same root.
- 18. A morpheme or affix with more than one meaning.
- 19. A morpheme that must attach to another element.
- 20. The part of a word that remains after removing inflection.
Down
- 1. The smallest syntactic element in a sentence.
- 2. A bound element added to a root.
- 4. The smallest unit of meaning in a word.
- 5. The form of a word to which affixes are attached.
- 6. Words that often occur together, e.g., hard work.
- 7. A traditional saying expressing a general truth.
- 8. Process of forming a new word by adding affixes.
- 10. A phrase whose meaning is not predictable from its words, e.g., kick the bucket.
- 11. An affix with only one meaning.
- 14. A word made of two smaller words, e.g., lighthouse.
- 15. The morpheme that carries the core meaning of a word.