Question
The multimillionaire owned several mansions around the city. The italicized vord is a __ Functional morpheme Lexical morpheme Bound derivational morpheme Bound inflectional morpheme
Solution
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Resposta
B. Lexical morpheme
Explicação
## Step 1The problem is asking us to identify the type of morpheme that the italicized word "mansions" is in the sentence. Morphemes are the smallest units of meaning in a language. They can be classified into four types: functional morphemes, lexical morphemes, bound derivational morphemes, and bound inflectional morphemes.## Step 2Functional morphemes are those that have little lexical meaning but serve to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, such as prepositions, conjunctions, and articles. ## Step 3Lexical morphemes, on the other hand, carry the main semantic weight of a word and are often the root of the word. They are the words that carry the main meaning of a sentence.## Step 4Bound morphemes are those that cannot stand alone as words and must be attached to other morphemes. They can be either derivational or inflectional. ## Step 5Bound derivational morphemes are those that change the grammatical category of a word, such as prefixes and suffixes. ## Step 6Bound inflectional morphemes are those that indicate grammatical relationships, such as tense or number.## Step 7In the sentence, "mansions" is a noun, which is a type of lexical morpheme. It carries the main semantic weight of the sentence and is the root of the word.