Reading assignment:

Read all the online files for the third topic “word structure”.

Homework # 3:

1. Please analyze the following sentence in both English and Chinese and do the following:

a. List all the syllables

b. List all the morphemes

c. And then answer the question posed by the question.

Bukeyucexing zhe ge ci you duoshao yinjie he cisu?

Not able in-advance gauge ness this M. word have much few sound segment and word prime

“How many syllables and morphemes does the word unpredictability have?”

2. Examine the following compounds in Chinese and group them according to their types and label the types. Use the categories in the online file Structure of Compounds and Quadri-syllabic Compounds:

Mandarin compound	Meanings of component morphemes	Meaning of whole compound
gongyuan	public + garden	park
zhangwo	palm + hold	control
feichang	not + common	very
haiyang	sea + ocean	ocean
xinruan	heart + soft	soft-hearted
xiongdi	older brother + younger brother	male sibling
fanchuan	sail + boat	boat with sail
niuyou	cow + oil	butter
keqi	guest + air	polite
zuiying	mouth + hard	argumentative
fanzheng	upside down + right side up	in any case
dongshou	move + hand	to act
duoshao	much + few	how much
chicu	eat + vinegar	jealous
luyinji	record + sound + machine	tape recorder
qichezhan	air + vehible + station	bus station
sanxineryi	three + heart + two + mind	not focused
daqidaluo	big + up + big + down	great upheaval
huatianjiudi	flower + heaven + wine + earth	extravagant
jifengbaoyu	fast + wind + violent + rain	foul weather