Morphology And Word Formation

Question 1

According to traditional linguistic theories, grammatical description consists of 2 parts:

Answer 1

Word and sentence

Question 2

Word is made up of

Answer 2

Morphemes

Question 3

What is a morpheme?

Answer 3

Word or part of a word with meaning

Question 4

Can a morpheme be divided into smaller parts?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

What recurs in differing grammatical environments with a stable meaning?

Answer 5

Morpheme

Question 6

Systematic study of morphemes?

Answer 6

Morphology

Question 7

Words that can be divided into segments are

Answer 7

Determinate

Question 8

Indeterminate words cannot be…

Answer 8

Segmented

Question 9

Problems of segmentation vary in..

Answer 9

Kind and degree

Question 10

Morpheme without being segment can merely have a ___ role

Answer 10

Factorial

Question 11

When a word is segmented, the segments are called

Answer 11

Morphs

Question 12

Algebra form to show factorial role of morphemes

Answer 12

Ax:ay:az :: bx:by:bz( a and b have component of word & X y z are comparative degrees )

Question 13

Morph is like ___ given by Sassure

Answer 13

Substance

Question 14

Morpheme is like ___ given by Sassure

Answer 14

Form

Question 15

What is a morph called when it occurs differently in different environments but belongs to the same morpheme?

Answer 15

Allomorph

Question 16

The plural morpheme in English combines with a…

Answer 16

Noun morpheme

Question 17

Examples under allomorphs?

Answer 17

Past morpheme(-ed) and present morpheme (-es)

Question 18

What is a free morpheme and example?

Answer 18

Morpheme that can stand as independent word eg Happy in Unhappy

Question 19

What’s a bound morpheme and example?

Answer 19

Morpheme that cannot stand as independent word and is always attached to free morpheme eg Un in Unhappy

Question 20

Bound morphemes are also called ____ and are attached to a ___

Answer 20

Affixes, attached to base

Question 21

Example for morphological analysis of word…

Answer 21

Unknowingly

Question 22

The stem word that can’t be further split is also called…

Answer 22

Root

Question 23

Affixes can be divided into…

Answer 23

Prefixes and suffixes

Question 24

Prefixes appear at ___ of base

Answer 24

Beginning

Question 25

Prefixes and suffixes can be FURTHER classified as

Answer 25

Inflectional and derivational

Question 26

What is derivational?

Answer 26

When new words are formed from existing words

Question 27

What is inflectional?

Answer 27

When change is made in words form to express its relation to other words in sentence

Question 28

Derivation is ____ when new and original word both belongs to same class eg Boy and Boyhood

Answer 28

Class maintaining

Question 29

Derivation is ____ when both new &original word belongs to different class eg Sing and Singer

Answer 29

Class changing

Question 30

Inflectional is always __ and ___

Answer 30

Class maintaining and suffix

Question 31

Inflectional suffixes pile up.(True/false)

Answer 31

False

Question 32

___ goes with all stems of a given part of speech(nouns verbs etc)

Answer 32

Inflectional suffix

Question 33

From morpheme point of view, there are 3 types of words; which are?

Answer 33

Simple, complex, compound

Question 34

What are simple words?

Answer 34

Consists of a single free morpheme followed or not by inflectional suffix

Question 35

What are complex words?

Answer 35

Consists of a base and a derivational affix

Question 36

What are compound words?

Answer 36

They consist of two or more free stems which are independent words by themselves

Question 37

Name some prefixes.(7)

Answer 37

Negative, number, time&order,location, degree&size, attitude, class-changing

Question 38

Example of class maintaining suffix

Answer 38

Boy--> Boyhood( both nouns)

Question 39

Example of class changing suffix

Answer 39

India(noun)--> Indian(adjective)

Question 40

Some words can be used as different classes without any change to form of word. This is called ___

Answer 40

Conversion

Question 41

In some words of two syllables, change of accent from first to second syllable changes a noun/adjective --->____

Answer 41

Verb

Question 42

Some words where there's a change of meaning of words if ____ is voiced

Answer 42

Final consonant

Question 43

What is reduplication with example?

Answer 43

Some words formed out of two nearly identical elements eg Criss cross

Question 44

What are clippings with example?

Answer 44

Some words are used in short form eg Photograph -> Photo

Question 45

What are acronyms with example?

Answer 45

Word formed by joining together initial letters of other words eg AIDS

Question 46

What are blends with example?

Answer 46

Two words are clipped and joined to form new word eg Brunch(Breakfast-Lunch)

Question 47

What are borrowings with example?

Answer 47

English borrowing words from other languages it contacted. Eg Guru(Hindi)

Question 48

What are inventions with example?

Answer 48

New words or names given to new inventions eg Sputnik

Question 49

What is echoism with example?

Answer 49

Some words are formed by sounds suggesting their meaning eg Buzz