Morphology

What is morphology?

• The study of the rules governing the sounds that form words

• The study of the rules governing sentence formation

• The study of the rules governing word formation

• The study of the rules governing the relationship between word and social aspects

Which choice describes the basic properties of derivational morphemes?

• Derivational morphemes are affixes which can change the meaning or parts of speech of words.

• Derivational morphemes are affixes which change numbers or tenses.

Which choice shows an example of an inflectional morpheme?

 

• replace --> replacement

• reform --> reformation

• regret --> regrets

What is a morpheme?

• The smallest unit of a particular language

• The minimal pair of a chosen phrase

• The smallest meaningful unit of a word

• The minimal item of a linguistic unit

Which of the following is an example of an inflectional morpheme in English

• tall --> taller

• create --> creator

• write --> writer

• generate --> generator

How many morphemes does the word "antiestablishment" have?

 

• 6

• 3

• 5

• 4

is a word formation process which you put existing words together to create new words.

• Clipping

• Conversion

• Blending

• Compounding

Which is not an example of "allomorph"?

• The plural morpheme in English (-s, -es, en)

• The negative morphemes in English (un-, im-, il-, in-)

• Some derivational morphemes in English (-ment, ly, -able

Which is not an example of derivational morphemes?

• walk --> walked

• entertain --> entertainment

• move --> remove

• paint --> painter

is a process of creating new words in a language. It is usually used for the name of a newly invented product; for example, Kleenex, Vaseline, Wikipedia etc

• Borrowing

• Blending

• Coinage