PRIL · Morphology

Agglutinative Morphology

Decomposing long words into stem + many morphemes (Turkish, Swahili-style).

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  • Q1 · Agglutinative Morphology · EASY

    Which characteristic best defines agglutinative languages?

  • Q2 · Agglutinative Morphology · MEDIUM

    Turkish 'ev-ler-im-de' means 'in my houses'. What is the correct morpheme breakdown?

  • Q3 · Agglutinative Morphology · HARD

    In an agglutinative language, if the word for 'book' is 'kitap' and the plural marker is '-lar', what principle would most likely determine whether a different form like '-ler' appears?

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