Exam 2: morphology

Question 1

morphology

Answer 1

analysis of word structure

Question 2

morphological processes

Answer 2

word formation process

Question 3

process that changes syntactic category without affix

Answer 3

conversion

Question 4

change in word form to convey grammatical information

Answer 4

inflection

Question 5

the compound Bigfoot is

Answer 5

endocentric

Question 6

the compound caveman is

Answer 6

endocentric

Question 7

the compound Swansong is

Answer 7

exocentric

Question 8

define morphological process:
English foot/feet

Answer 8

internal change

Question 9

define morphological process:
motel

Answer 9

blending

Question 10

define morphological process:
feng-shui

Answer 10

borrowing

Question 11

define morphological process:
IBM (computer company)

Answer 11

acronym

Question 12

define morphological process:
gator

Answer 12

clipping

Question 13

define morphological process:
Classical Arabic: /mar?at/ woman /nisa?/ women

Answer 13

suppletion

Question 14

define morphological process:
Indonesian: /rumah/ ‘house’ /rumahrumah/ ‘houses’

Answer 14

reduplication

Question 15

define morphological process:
hiss

Answer 15

onomatopoeia

Question 16

morphological elements that must attach to host word

Answer 16

clitic

Question 17

use of initial sounds in word or title, pronounced as word

Answer 17

acronym

Question 18

words created to sound like what they name

Answer 18

onomatopoeia

Question 19

combining of non-morphemic parts of two existing words

Answer 19

blends

Question 20

shortening of polysyllabic word by deleting syllables

Answer 20

clipping

Question 21

removal of affix/affix-like portion to form another word

Answer 21

back formation

Question 22

smallest free form found in a language (simple or complex)

Answer 22

word

Question 23

variations of a morpheme

Answer 23

allomorph

Question 24

process that changes syntactic category without affix

Answer 24

conversion

Question 25

change in word form to convey grammatical information

Answer 25

inflection

Question 26

mental dictionary

Answer 26

lexicon

Question 27

affix added to ending of word

Answer 27

suffix

Question 28

core of word, carries most meaning

Answer 28

root

Question 29

base to which inflectional affix is added

Answer 29

stem

Question 30

form to which an affix is added

Answer 30

base

Question 31

repetition of all or part of base

Answer 31

reduplication

Question 32

a compound that represents a subtype of the head

Answer 32

endocentric

Question 33

replacing morpheme entirely to indicate inflectional change

Answer 33

suppletion

Question 34

indicate whether the word “rider” is morphologically simple, includes and inflectional affix or includes a derivation affix

Answer 34

includes a derivational affix

Question 35

Indicate whether the the word “colder” is morphologically simple, includes an inflectional affix, or includes a derivational affix.

Answer 35

includes inflectional affix

Question 36

Indicate whether the the word “silver” is morphologically simple, includes an inflectional affix, or includes a derivational affix.

Answer 36

morphologically simple

Question 37

Indicate whether the the word “legs” is morphologically simple, includes an inflectional affix, or includes a derivational affix.

Answer 37

includes inflectional affix

Question 38

Indicate whether the the word “radish” is morphologically simple, includes an inflectional affix, or includes a derivational affix.

Answer 38

morphologically simple