Morphological Patterning

Question 1

Morphological Patterning

Answer 1

Affixation, abbreviation, shortening, compounding, blending, backformation, conversion of word class, initialisms, acronyms, and contractions

Question 2

Affixation

Answer 2

Adding affixes onto a free lexeme for an intended affect.

Question 3

Abbreviation

Answer 3

Changing a longer word into a shorter name, such as drs = doctors

Question 4

Shortening

Answer 4

Removing part of a lexeme to make it shorter

Question 5

Compounding

Answer 5

Placing two words together into a single lexeme, retaining most of their original form

Question 6

Blending

Answer 6

Combining words together based on a shared sound or phoneme.

Question 7

Backformation

Answer 7

creating a new word by removing part of an existing lexeme, e.g. donate - donation

Question 8

Conversion of word class

Answer 8

changing the word class of a lexeme from one type to another.

Question 9

Initialism

Answer 9

When the lexeme is pronounced letter by letter.

Question 10

Acronym

Answer 10

when the lexeme is pronounced as if it were a proper word.

Question 11

Contraction

Answer 11

removing part of a verb to join it with another verb or the subject.