(1) Tell the number of morphemes in each word.
　　(2) Underline the free morphemes in each word where possible to do so.
　　(3) If a word is decomposed into more than one morpheme but there is no separate form to stand for the meaning units, what is it called in morphology?

2. Each of the following columns illustrates a different morphological process. (答案)

　　　　Collumn I 　　　Column II 　　　　Column III

　　　　a) desks 　　 a) optionality 　　a) proofread
　　　　b) easier 　　b) development 　　b) racecourse
　　　　c) worked 　　c) maltreat 　　　 c) windowshop
　　　　d) John's 　　d) stepparent 　　 d) braindrain

　　(1)What morphological process is shown by Column I, II and III？
　　(2)What is the morphological difference between a), b) and c), d) in Column II?

3. Tell the process of word formation illustrated by the example and find as many words as you can that are formed in the same way. (答案)
　　　　a) xerox
　　　　b) interpol
　　　　c) flu
　　　　d) OPEC
　　　　e) Nobel
　　　　f) televise
　　　　g) better(v)

4. How would you read the phrases in the two columns? What does each of them mean?

　　　 　　Column I 　　　　　　　　Column II

　　　　a) The White House 　　　　a white house
　　　　b) a redcoat 　　　　　　　a red coat
　　　　c) a blackboard eraser 　　a black board eraser
　　　　d) a bluebird 　　　　　　 a blue bird
　　　　e) a lighthouse keeper 　　a light housekeeper

5. In English, the suffix -er can be added to some place names. Consider the possibility of attaching it to each of the following place names and then answer the questions. (答案)

　　　　a) New Zealand
　　　　b) Glassgow
　　　　c) Denver
　　　　d) Sydney
　　　　e) Victoria
　　　　f) Berlin
　　　　g) London
　　　　h) Austria
　　　　i) New York
　　　　j) Newfoundland

　　(1) List the letter after which the place name can take the suffix -er.
　　(2) What does the suffix -er mean in the derived words?
　　(3) How does this -er differ in meaning from the -er in teacher and runner?

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MINI-PROJECTS

1. Look through English newspapers and journals for words that are new to English (not found in dictionaries). Analyze the way(s) in which these words have been constructed.

2. Compare the two English prefixes in- and un-, both of which mean “not, opposite, lack of”. Generalize the differences between the two from morphological and etymological perspectives.