How is a bound morpheme different from a free morpheme?

What will be an ideal response?


ANS: A bound morpheme conveys meaning only when combined with another morpheme, while a free morpheme can stand alone.

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Why do anthropologists question results given by cross-cultural psychologists that indicate psychological development is delayed in many non-Western societies?

A) The tests used are developed in the West using testing materials often unfamiliar to other cultures. B) Cross-cultural psychology is basically flawed in its ability to measure differences. C) Concepts such as conservation and formal operational thinking are not known in other cultures. D) Cross-cultural psychology is a new, and therefore untested, field.

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The subsystem of a language that relates words to meanings is called:

A) phonology. B) allophones. C) morphology. D) semantics. E) lexicon.

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__________ are societies with some degree of formalization of structure and leadership, including leaders who meet to settle disputes and plan activities

a. Bands b. Tribes c. Chiefdoms d. States

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When we say that human language is "conventional," we mean that:

a. Humans are very conservative and rarely change their way of speaking. b. The words in human languages have no inherent relationship to the things they stand for. c. All languages follow the same grammatical rules or conventions. d. Human language was invented at a convention. e. All human languages have basically the same structure and differences among them are only superficial.

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