
Back-formation and Shortening

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English
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1st Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Back-formation can only be used to convert existing nouns into verbs.
True or False ?
True
False
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In linguists, back-formation is the process of (1) ………… a new word (a neologism) by (2) ………… actual or supposed affixes from another word.
changing - fixing
converting - removing
forming - removing
making - converting
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Choose the correct answer:
surveillance: source word - survey: back-formation
aviate: source word - aviation: back-formation
translation: back-formation - translate: source word
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Back-formation and clipping has the same effect in linguistics.
True or false?
True
False
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The majority of back-formed words are ….…, for ……. can develop (or generate) a number of nouns, and various types of participial adjectives.
verbs
nouns
adverbs
preposition
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Shortening is a word creation process in which affixes are removed from existing words.
True or False?
True
False
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Shortening is word formation by removing some segments of an existing word to create a synonym.
True or False?
False
True
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