LINGUISTICS MOCK FINALS

A word element that can stand alone as a word.

• Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

A word element that cannot stand alone as a word.

• Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Derivational morpheme

Change the semantic meaning or part of speech of the impacted word when coupled with a root.

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

• Derivational morpheme

Change the semantic meaning or part of speech of the impacted word when coupled with a root.

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

• Derivational morpheme

Are used to create a variant form of a word in order to signal grammatical information without changing the meanings.

• Free morphemes

• Bound morphemes

• Inflectional morphemes

• Derivational morphemes

Morphology is the study of how words are composed of morphemes (the smallest meaning-bearing units of a language).

The underlined word is...

• CORRECT

• WRONG; Should be Phonology

• WRONG; Should be Syntax

• WRONG; Should be Pragmatics

Affixes are bits and pieces that combine with stems to modify their meanings and grammatical rules.

The underlined word is...

• CORRECT

• WRONG; Should be functions

• WRONG; Should be errors

• WRONG; Should be leanings

You undergo the process of Phonological Parsing when you take a surface input and break it down into its smallest meaning-bearing units.

The underlined word is...

• CORRECT

• WRONG; Should be Morphological Parsing

• WRONG; Should be Mythological Parsing

• WRONG; Should be Morphological Phrasing

What kind of morpheme: Cat

• Derivational Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

What kind of morpheme: Reverse

• Derivational Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme