Morphology Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A morphological method where a affixes are removed from a word to make another word. Think of it like the reverse of affixation.
  2. 3. Smallest meaningful unit of language that can stand alone as independent words.
  3. 6. An apostrophe is used to combine two words into one.
  4. 9. Forming a new lexeme by joining 2 free morphemes together.
  5. 13. Affix in front of free morpheme
  6. 14. Shortened form of a word that aims to represent the larger word. (and not a sequence of letters)
  7. 16. Changes the meaning/word class of a lexeme. This can include a ____________ prefix (e.g. un-, im) or suffix (-er)
  8. 17. Also- written as a series of letters, however, are pronounced as the word that this sequence makes.
  9. 18. The study of the structure and formation of words, their relationship to other words, and their composition
  10. 20. involves eliminating one or more syllables from a word to create a smaller word. It retains the same meaning as the standard version.
Down
  1. 1. When a word undergoes change from one word class to another word class without modification (e.g. without insertion of affixes)
  2. 2. A new lexeme is produced through mixing elements of at least 2 other lexemes. Often, the meaning is also mixed.
  3. 4. Merely adds information regarding plurality, possession or tense. Does NOT alter the meaning or word class, and ONLY includes suffixes.
  4. 5. Most basic form of a word with meaning that can be modified to derive other words.
  5. 7. Smallest unit that contains a meaning
  6. 8. Composed of the first letters of all words in the sequence, but pronounced as separate letters
  7. 10. Affix attached in the middle of a free morpheme. !
  8. 11. Cannot stand alone and must be bound to free morphemes. All affixes, consisting of prefixes, suffixes and infixes are bound morphemes.
  9. 12. Modified nicknames or unrelated words.
  10. 15. An alternate unrelated lexeme used to call/describe someone or something. E.g. Honey, babe, etc.
  11. 16. suffix ‘ie’ or ‘o’, etc, e.g. afternoon  arvo, politician  pollie, mosquito  mozzie, Electrician  sparkie
  12. 19. Affix attached to the end of a free morpheme