Introduction to Linguistics Quiz

     Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that can change the meaning of a word.

• True

• false

Morphology is the study of the meaning of words.

• True

• False

Derivational morphemes change the grammatical category of a word.

• True

• False

A bound morpheme can stand alone as a word.

• True

• False

 Compounding is a process in which two or more words are combined to create a new word.

• True

• False

Infixes are a type of morpheme that appear at the beginning of a word.

• True

• False

  In English, stress always falls on the first syllable of a word.

• True

• False

Stress can affect the meaning of a word in some languages.

• True

• False

The word “import” can be noun or verb depending on where the stress falls.

• True

• False

The tongue is the most important place for producing speech sounds.

• True

• False