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Lexicology Quiz: Morphology. Word formation.

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the formation of a new word through the change in its paradigm
cases of phonetic identity of words
the formation of nouns from verbs
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Backformation is a way of word-building when a new word is formed by ...
dropping the final morpheme
dropping the initial sounds
joining two or more stems
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
There are the following types of shortening ...
clippings, lexicalization, ellipsis, sustantivization
blendings, ellipsis, acronyms, semantic extension
ellipsis, acronyms, blendings, clippings
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A semi-free (OR semi-bound) morpheme is ...
one that coincide with the stem or a word-form
one which occurs only as a constituent part of a word
one which can function in a morphemic sequence both as an affix and as a free morpheme
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Compound-affixed words consist of ...
one root morpheme and an inflexion
two or more root-morphemes and an inflexion
two or more root-morphemes, one or more affixes and an inflexion
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sound-interchange is the way of word-building when a new word is formed through ...
a change of its grammatical forms
a change of some sounds
the imitation of different sounds
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
... is the most effective way of enriching the vocabulary.
Word-formation
Word-creation
Affixation
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