Linguistics Quiz

Which property of human language is described as being built up from discrete units?

• Discreteness

• Creativity

• Bound and Free Morphemes

• Affixes

What is the ability to produce and understand an infinite range of sentences using our own knowledge of morphology called?

• Affixes

• Bound and Free Morphemes

• Discreteness

• Linguistic Creativity

What type of morpheme is a morpheme that cannot stand alone as a word?

• Bound

• Free

• Affixes

• Root/Base

Which type of morpheme can stand alone as a word?

• Affixes

• Bound

• Stem

• Free

What is an affix that can be inserted within the base form of a word to create a new word or intensify meaning called?

• Infix

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Circumfixes

What is a lexical content morpheme that cannot be analyzed into smaller parts called?

• Stem

• Circumfixes

• Affixes

• Root/Base

Which morpheme is attached to base morphemes both at the initial and final positions?

• Circumfixes

• Infix

• Suffix

• Affixes

What is the property of human language that causes an abrupt change in meaning rather than a continuous change?

• Linguistic Creativity

• Affixes

• Discreteness

• Bound and Free Morphemes

What is the ability to understand and produce an infinite range of sentences using our knowledge of morphology called?

• • Affixes

• bound and free morpheme

• discreteenes

• Linguistic creativity

What is the characteristic of human language that results in a sudden change in meaning rather than a gradual change?

• Syntax
• Phonology
• discreteness

• Iconicity