Properties and Types of Compounds Quiz

What is the importance of compound words?

• They are only used in Chinese language

• They are not related to any linguistic concepts

• They are not essential for any language to exist

• They are unique among grammatical structures

Which type of compound words are written with spaces between the individual words?

• Open compound words

• Closed compound words

• Endocentric Compounds

• Hyphenated compound words

What is an example of a hyphenated compound word?

• Greenhouse

• Living room

• Babysitter

• Well-being

Which type of compounds consist of a head and a dependent where the meaning of the semantic head is a hyponym of the meaning of the entire compound?

• Other Words Formations

• Copulative (Dvandva) Compounds

• Exocentric Compounds

• Endocentric Compounds

What is the process of forming a new word by changing the function of a word?

• Blends

• Backformation

• Clipping

• Conversion

Which word formation process involves shortening words without changing their meaning?

• Clipping

• Blends

• Conversion

• Backformation

What are acronyms?

• Words that imitate natural sounds

• Words formed by taking parts of two different words

• Words formed by combining initials from multiple words

• Words formed by changing the function of a word

Which type of words imitate the natural sounds of a thing?

• Acronyms

• Backformation

• Onomatopoeia

• Clipping

What is an example of an onomatopoeia word?

• Photo

• Bio

• Meow

• Fridge

Which type of compounds do not contain a headword and dependent word?

• Other Words Formations

• Exocentric Compounds

• Endocentric Compounds

• Copulative (Dvandva) Compounds