More on words

Question 1

Polysynthetic language

Answer 1

Language where words are composed of several morphemes bound together

Question 2

Cranberry morpheme

Answer 2

A morpheme that combines with other words to create a meaningful word but on its own has no meaning.

Question 3

Ablaut

Answer 3

The process in which inflection is expressed via vowel change in the stem of the word

Question 4

Suppletion

Answer 4

Where one stem in a verb is replaced by a completely new word

Question 5

Nonconcatenative morphology

Answer 5

a type of morphology not based on combining affixes and stems

Question 6

Root-and-pattern morphology

Answer 6

K-t-b in arabic for example is a stem which takes vowels in the gaps no pattern is followed

Question 7

Reduplication

Answer 7

morpheme added to double the meaning of the first morpheme for pluralisation usually

Question 8

Allomorphs

Answer 8

Morpheme that takes two spelling forms depending on factors such as stress and sound

Question 9

Structurally ambiguous words

Answer 9

Different meaning to one word whose meaning can only be determined in the written from via a tree diagram

Question 10

How can you tell a word from a phrase

Answer 10

phrases can have words placed in the middle
phrases can’t be inflected
parts of phrases can be replaced by one word

Question 11

Drummer and drummers are

Answer 11

inflectional forms of the same lexeme