Morphology

Question 1

Reduplication

Answer 1

repeating the word, ex: like like, green green

Question 2

Affixation

Answer 2

Anything that uses an affix, ex: undo, redo, fucking

Question 3

Compounding

Answer 3

two free morphemes combining to make one word, ex: girlfriend, boyfriend, blackbird

Question 4

Infixation

Answer 4

Anything with an affix in the middle of the word: abso-frickin-lutely, un-frickin-believable

Question 5

Alternation

Answer 5

Anything where a sound is changed to make a new word, ex: goose and geese, thief and thieves

Question 6

Suppletion

Answer 6

Anything when the whole word is changed to make a new word, ex: go and went; good, better, best

Question 7

Argument

Answer 7

Necessary for the sentence to make sense

Question 8

Adjunct

Answer 8

Not necessary for the sentence to make sense, just extra info

Question 9

VP

Answer 9

Slept

Question 10

TV

Answer 10

Liked

Question 11

DTV

Answer 11

Gave

Question 12

SV

Answer 12

Believed

Question 13

Proposition

Answer 13

Asking if something is true or not, if it’s a sentence it’s basically a proposition

Question 14

Backformation

Answer 14

A word is borrowed from another language, ex: cherries borrowed from cherise

Question 15

Acronyms

Answer 15

ex: Laser, NATO, Radar

Question 16

Blends

Answer 16

Combining two words, ex: brunch - breakfast lunch, smog - smoke and fog, chortle - chuckle and snort

Question 17

Clipping

Answer 17

Shortening words without paying attention to derivational morphology. Ex: Examination - exam, taxicab - taxi or cab, dormitory - dorm

Question 18

Coinages

Answer 18

Words are just made, Kodak, Exxon, pooch

Question 19

Conversion

Answer 19

Created when changing the lexical category, laugh, run, buy, steal - used to be verbs now they’re also nouns

Question 20

Eponyms

Answer 20

Words that are named for people, ex: Washington is named after George Washington, Watt is from James Watt, Faraday is from Michael Faraday