Which of these words contain an inflectional morpheme?
1. Successful
2. Acted
Answer "Acted"
A. Is this a correct statement?
A syllable is defined by it's sound, but a porpheme is defined by it's meaning
Answer "yes"
What's a porpheme?
And remember the difference between "its" and "it's" please.
mopheme
morpheme
Both your answers are correct.
To determine which of the given words contains an inflectional morpheme, we need to understand what an inflectional morpheme is.
An inflectional morpheme is a morpheme that is added to a word to indicate grammatical information, such as verb tense, pluralization, or possession. Inflectional morphemes typically do not change the core meaning of the word.
Looking at the two options: "Successful" and "Acted," we can see that "Successful" does not have any additional morphemes attached to it, whereas "Acted" has the "-ed" suffix added to it.
This "-ed" suffix in "Acted" indicates that the verb is in the past tense, and it does not change the core meaning of the word "act." Therefore, "Acted" contains an inflectional morpheme.
Now, moving on to the second part of your question, the statement "A syllable is defined by its sound, but a morpheme is defined by its meaning" is correct.
A syllable is a unit of sound in a word and is defined by its pronunciation and sound. It is usually made up of one or more phonemes.
On the other hand, a morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit of a language. It is defined by its meaning rather than its sound. A morpheme can be a whole word or a part of a word that carries a specific meaning. For example, in the word "unhappiness," "un-" and "-ness" are morphemes that have their own meanings.
So, in summary, the correct word choice that contains an inflectional morpheme is "Acted," and the statement about syllables and morphemes is accurate.