Morphological processes

Question 1

affixations

Answer 1

derivational
inflectional

Question 2

derivational

Answer 2

change lexical meaning

Question 3

inflectional

Answer 3

plurality
possessive ‘s
3rd person sing
progressive -ing
past tense -ed
past participle -en
comparative -er
superlative -est

Question 4

compounding

Answer 4

combining two words that can stand alone

Question 5

internal changes

Answer 5

substitute one non-morphemic segment for another
sing/sang

Question 6

suppletion

Answer 6

replace morpheme entirely
go/went

Question 7

reduplication

Answer 7

repeat al or part of the base
itsy-bitsy

Question 8

tone-placement (not used in English)

Answer 8

high/low tone to indicate tense

Question 9

case

Answer 9

word form changes to indicate grammatical role
he to him

Question 10

agreement

Answer 10

word changes to match properties of another word
the boys eat. the boy eats

Question 11

cliticization

Answer 11

morphemes attach to host
contractions - I’m

Question 12

conversion

Answer 12

same morpheme but lexical category changes
butter - n to v

Question 13

clipping

Answer 13

shortening of multisyllabic word deleting syllable
hamburger/burger

Question 14

blends

Answer 14

combining two non-morphemic parts to create new word
ebonics - ebony + phonics

Question 15

backformation

Answer 15

removal of affix like portion to create new word
editor/edit

Question 16

acronyms

Answer 16

combining initial letters of words to make new word
Cop, constable on patrol

Question 17

onomatopoeia

Answer 17

sound like what they name

Question 18

coinage

Answer 18

product names

Question 19

eponym (coinage)

Answer 19

named after person or place