Lexical Semantics

________ is the morphological process of forming a new word from an existing one by the addition of a bound morpheme.

• Derivation

• Inflection

• Affixation

• Prefixation

________ is the morphological process of deriving a new word by adding an affix, namely a bound morpheme, to a root or base.

• Derivation

• Inflection

• Affixation

• Prefixation

_______ is the morphological process of forming a new word by attaching a bound morpheme to the front of a free morpheme.

• Derivation

• Inflection

• Affixation

• Prefixation

______is the morphological process of forming a new word by attaching a bound morpheme to the end of a free morpheme.

• Suffixation

• Inflection

• Affixation

• Prefixation

The concept of _________ is, of course, well-known and intuitively obvious; it denotes sameness in meaning, or sense.

• antonymy

• synonymy

• inclusion

• exclusion

________ do not require a second morpheme to express lexical meaning.

• Free morphemes

• Bound morphemes

• Derivational morphemes

• Inflection morphemes

_______ join with other free and/or bound morphemes to create words.

• Free morphemes

• Bound morphemes

• Derivational morphemes

• Inflection morphemes

________ refers to expressions which denote a thing by naming something associated with it.

• Simile

• Metonymy

• Metaphor

• Personification

_______ is a morphological device whereby a new word is coined by retaining only one of its parts

• Cliping

• Acronymy

• Initialism

• Blending

_______ is a morphological device in which a new word is coined from the initial letters of other words.

• Shortening

• Acronymy

• Initialism

• Blending