Derivation

Question 1

What is reduplication

Answer 1

repeating all or part of the base

Question 2

Can reduplication be a prefix, suffix or infix?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

Is reduplication language dependent

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

Whats the name when the entire word is repeated

Answer 4

Total reduplication

Question 5

What’s the name when part of the word is repeated

Answer 5

Partial reduplication

Question 6

is reduplication affix dependent

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

What is contrastive focus reduplication?

Answer 7

Expresses prototypical meaning. Total (montreal-montreal)

Question 8

What expresses irony or disinterest

Answer 8

Echo-reduplication

Question 9

In echo-reduplication, it is total but initial onset is replaced with what?

Answer 9

[ʃm] (baby-shmaby)

Question 10

What is conversion

Answer 10

no phonological material is added. assign existing word to another syntactic category.

Question 11

What is suppletion

Answer 11

replace a morpheme by another one to indicate grammatical contrast.

Question 12

What is conversion also called

Answer 12

zero-derivation

Question 13

What does conversion change

Answer 13

syntactic category

Question 14

Is conversion common in English?

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

Give an example of V -> N conversion

Answer 15

to drive -> a long drive

Question 16

Give an example of N -> V

Answer 16

A dress -> to dress

Question 17

What are Compound words

Answer 17

A complex word consisting of multiple roots.

Question 18

What is an endocentric compound

Answer 18

The referent is in the compound

Question 19

Give an example of endocentric compound

Answer 19

Greenhouse - type of house

Question 20

Give an example of exocentric compound

Answer 20

Pickpocket

Question 21

What is an exocentric compound

Answer 21

Referent is not in the compound

Question 22

What is suppletion

Answer 22

Multiple roots in the same inflectional paradigm

Question 23

What is clipping

Answer 23

Removing one or more syllables

Question 24

What is also called truncation

Answer 24

Clipping

Question 25

What is Hypocoristic

Answer 25

Diminutive form of a name (used for endearment) -pet name

Question 26

What is blending

Answer 26

Combining 2 words not along morphological boundaries

Question 27

Can we identify morphemes in the product? (in blending)

Answer 27

No, result is not compositional

Question 28

What is backformation

Answer 28

creating a new word by removing affix from another word

Question 29

words that end with which affix are susceptible to backformation

Answer 29

-or, -er

Question 30

What is Folk etymology

Answer 30

Altering a word to fit an incorrect etymology. Ex: french crevis to english crayfish

Question 31

Acronym vs initialism

Answer 31

Acronym: formed from initial letters of phrase but pronounced as word (NASA)
Initialism: formed from initial letters and pronounced as individual letters. UFO

Question 32

What is eponym

Answer 32

Common noun derived from proper noun (people or products)

Question 33

Examples of eponym

Answer 33

Caesar, diesel, watt, plato, aspirin, jeep, q-tip, heroin

Question 34

What is iconic

Answer 34

When the relationship between form and meaning is not random

Question 35

Are most words iconic or not

Answer 35

not

Question 36

Are onomatopeia iconic or not

Answer 36

Iconic. Relaying auditory information (boom, crack..)

Question 37

Is iconicity everywhere in sign language?

Answer 37

No, but it’s more common.

Question 38

What is coinage

Answer 38

Making up a word. (brand names, nerd). Etymology can’t be explained in other way