Analyze the word "unhappiness." Which of the following statements is true?(1 point)

Responses

It contains one morpheme
It contains one morpheme

It contains two morphemes
It contains two morphemes

It contains three morphemes
It contains three morphemes

It contains four morphemes
It contains four morphemes

1 answer

The word "unhappiness" contains three morphemes. Here's the breakdown:

  1. "un-" (a prefix meaning "not")
  2. "happy" (the root word)
  3. "-ness" (a suffix that turns an adjective into a noun)

Therefore, the correct statement is: It contains three morphemes.