The document analyzes four words from a passage of text that contain derivational morphemes that change the form-class of the word. The words are "complaints", "debauchery", "faithful", and "servant". For each word, the document identifies the derivational morpheme and states what part of speech it changes the base word to. For example, it identifies that "-ery" in "debauchery" is a noun-making morpheme that changes the verb "debauche" to a noun. The document also asks how the word "wearying" would be analyzed and categorized in terms of derivational morphemes.

1. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select the words that contain a derivational morpheme that
changes the form-class of the word:
While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.

2. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select the words that contain a derivational morpheme that
changes the form-class of the word:
While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.

3. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select the words that contain a derivational morpheme that
changes the form-class of the word:
While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family,
Grigory, took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.

4. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select the words that contain a derivational morpheme that
changes the form-class of the word:
While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family,
Grigory, took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.

5. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select the words that contain a derivational morpheme that
changes the form-class of the word:
While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family,
Grigory, took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.

6. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select the words that contain a derivational morpheme that
changes the form-class of the word:
While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family,
Grigory, took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
There are four words with derivational morphemes
that have changed the form-class of its word.

7. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
1. complaints
2. debauchery
3. faithful
4. servant
Analyze the words below and identify the derivational morpheme that changes
the form-class of the word:

8. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
Analyze the word below and identify the derivational morpheme that changes
the form-class of the word:
1. complaints
-t is a noun-making derivational morpheme,
changing the verb COMPLAIN to COMPLAINT
NOTE: -s is an inflectional morpheme

9. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
2. debauchery
-ery is a noun-making derivational morpheme,
changing the verb DEBAUCHE to
DEBAUCHERY
Analyze the word below and identify the derivational morpheme that changes
the form-class of the word:

10. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
3. faithful
-ful is an adjective-making derivational
morpheme, changing the noun FAITH to
FAITHFUL
Analyze the word below and identify the derivational morpheme that changes
the form-class of the word:

11. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
4. servant
-ant is a noun-making derivational morpheme,
changing the verb SERVE to SERVANT
Analyze the word below and identify the derivational morpheme that changes
the form-class of the word:

12. Derivational Morphemes from The Brothers Karamazov
For Discussion:
While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
How would you analyze and categorize wearying? Is
there a derivational morpheme present?

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