Lexicology

Derivational affixes are added to ........

• derivational bases

• root morphemes

• free morphemes

self

• auto-

• anti-

• un-

-ette (kitchenette); -ie (girlie) are ............. component of meaning

• denotational

• distributional

• differential

• connotational

to speak-speech, to break-breach, defence-defend are examples of .......

• vowel interchange

• consonant interchange

• forming new words

word formation can be studied .... ....

• in its linguistic development

• historically and synchronically

• synchronically and diachronically

• in lexicology

food-to feed, blood-to bleed, full-to fill are examples of

• sound changes

• consonant interchange

• backformation

• vowel interchange

[pli:z], [plez], [pleʒ] are ... ... of one and the same morpheme

• transcription

• morpheme variants

• sounds

• root morphemes

Morphemes occur in speech only as ... parts of speech

• basic

• constituent

• independent

• dependent

Like a word a morpheme ... ... language unit

• primary

• autonomous

• two-facet

duke [dju:k], ducal [dju:k], duchess [dʌʧis], duchy [dʌʧi] are ... of one phoneme

• segments

• roots

• variants

• allomorphs