Morphology Flashcards
What is the word-formation process behind the word “brunch”?
A. Blending B. Clipping C. Eponyming D. Compounding E. None of the above
A. Blending
True or False: A “prefix” is an affix that goes at the end of the word. For example -ing in “jumping”.
False - a suffix goes at the end of the word, and a prefix goes at the beginning of the word.
What is the word-formation process behind the word “skort” as in, “I wore a skort for my tennis tournament.”
A. Compounding
B. Blending
C. Eponyming
D. Clipping
B. Blending
Where is the bound morpheme is the word “timer”
A. “r”
B. “time”
C. “er”
D. “tim”
C. “er”
What are two ways that the derivation forms new words in the English language?
Affixation and zero-affixation (conversion)
In the word “hopeful”, what is the free morpheme?
A. “hope”
B. “hop”
C. “ful”
D. “full”
A. “hope”
What is the free morpheme in the word “quaintly?”
a. “quaint”
b. “ly”
c. “quain”
d. “tly”
a. “quaint”
Is the bound morpheme “-est” in the word “fluffiest” a derivational suffix or an inflectional suffix.
Inflectional suffix
What is the bound morpheme and free morpheme in the word “illegible”?
“il-“ is the bound morpheme and “legible” is the free morpheme
Which word best demonstrates an example of clipping?
gymnasium
math
dormitory
apple
Math
True or False: Derivation NEVER changes the part of speech of a word.
False
Which of these is the most common way we from words?
A. Compounding
B. Derivations
C. Clipping
D. Coinages
B. Derivations
True or False. The word “sandwich” was created by compounding the words “sand” and “wich.”
False. It was created by Eponyming.
The word “NASA” is an example of which word-formation process:
A. Clipping
B. Word acronym
C. Blending
D. Spelling acronym
B. Word acronym
True or False: A quadrigraph is a sound (phoneme) represented by 3 letters.
False
