BLL 3.2

What is an affix?

• A bound morpheme that attaches to a base

• A process of creating new words

• A standalone word

• A variant pronunciation of a morpheme

What does allomorph refer to?

• A compound word

• A morpheme that can stand alone

• A bound morpheme

• Variant pronunciation of a morpheme

What is a base in morphology?

• A process of word formation

• The form to which an affix is added

• The smallest unit of meaning

• A morpheme that cannot stand alone

What is blending in linguistics?

• Combining parts of two words to create a new one

• Shortening a word

• Changing a word's syntactic category

• Attaching an affix to a base

What defines a bound morpheme?

• It cannot stand alone as a word

• It can stand alone as a word

• It is a type of compound

• It is always a prefix

What is clipping?

• Combining two words

• Shortening a word by deleting syllables

• Creating new words with affixes

• Changing a word's meaning

What is a clitic?

• A morpheme that is phonologically dependent but syntactically independent

• A morpheme that can stand alone

• A type of compound word

• A process of word formation

What does compounding involve?

• Creating a new word by shortening

• Attaching an affix to a base

• Changing a word's grammatical function

• Combining two or more words to form a new word

What is conversion in morphology?

• Shortening a word

• Combining two words

• Assigning a word to a new syntactic category without changing its form

• Creating new words with affixes

What is derivation?

• The process of creating new words with different meanings or categories using affixes

• A type of compound word

• A morpheme that can stand alone

• A variant pronunciation of a morpheme