Quiz on Morphology

What does the field of morphology study?

• Sentence structure

• Word formation

• Sound patterns

• Language use

Which linguist introduced the term "morphology" in 1859?

• Franz Bopp

• Sir William Jones

• August Schleicher

• Mark Muller

Morphology focuses on which unit of language?

• Sentences

• Sounds

• Words

• Phrases

Which of the following is NOT a component analyzed in morphology?

• Prefixes

• Suffixes

• Root words

• Pronunciation

What does a morpheme represent?

• The largest unit of meaning

• The smallest unit of meaning

• A sentence structure

• A synonym

Which tradition is Pāṇini associated with?

• Greek

• Roman

• Ancient India

• Arabic

What did Pāṇini's famous work, "Aṣṭādhyāyī," focus on?

• Sentence structure

• Phonetics

• Sanskrit grammar

• Latin grammar

Who was Dionysius Thrax?

• A Roman scholar

• An Indian linguist

• A Greek linguist

• An Arab linguist

Which linguistic figure is associated with the concept of 'constituency-based grammar'?

• Pāṇini

• Aelius Donatus

• Sir William Jones

• Mark Muller

Sir William Jones made a claim about the common ancestry of which languages?

• English, Greek, and French

• Sanskrit, Latin, and Persian

• Arabic, Greek, and Latin

• Sanskrit, Chinese, and Japanese