1. Morphology & Lexicology

2. Morphology re-cap A. How many morphemes are in the following words? • Builders • Cardigan • Cars • Asparagus • Metalanguage • Uncooked • Melbourne • Builders = 3 • Cardigan = 1 • Cars = 2 • Asparagus = 1 • Metalanguage= 2 • Uncooked = 3 • Melbourne = 1 B. Identify the affixes (prefixes and suffixes) of the above words

3. How about this one??? Antidisestablishmentarianism • Yes, it’s really a word • (Noun) the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; - used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism. • How many morphemes? • What is the root word? • How many prefixes? Suffixes? • Anti dis establish mentarian ism = 6 morphemes (2 prefixes, one root word establishand 3 suffixes)

4. Underline the affixes in these words • Compassion • Dawdled • Prescription • Disorganised • Decompose • Stylish • Bicycle • Cars • Compassion • Dawdled • Prescription • Disorganised • Decompose • Stylish • Bicycle • Cars Read the Inflectional/derivational morphemes handout and identify whether these affixes are inflectional or derivational

5. activities • Rewrite the passage, filling in the missing morphemes (handout) • Work with a partner to create as many unique words as you can by combining these morphemes. You may select TWO additional root words to work with.

6. LEXICOLOGY • Read ‘lexicology’ paragraph p27 Macmillan text • Words, or lexemes, are grouped into classes or categories that you’ve probably heard of before – such as nouns, verbs, adjectives and so on. • These categories are known as parts of speechor word classes.