Chapter 2 - Approaches to translation

The __________ is ‘the smallest unit of language that can be used by itself’.

• word

• morpheme

• phrase

Meaning can be carried by __________smaller than the word.

• units

• items

• forms

__________can’t be divided into smaller parts.

• Morpheme

• Morphology

• Lexicon

__________ can be either a word or part of a word that has the meaning.

• Morpheme

• Morphology

• Lexicon

__________can reoccur in different environments without any change in meaning.

• Morpheme

• Morphology

• Lexicon

There is no one-to-one correspondence between __________ within or across languages.

• orthographic words and elements of meaning

• orthorhombic words and elements of meaning

• orthostatic words and elements of meaning

Which of the following statements is true?

• Elements of meaning which are represented by one orthographic word may be represented by more than one on another language

• Elements of meaning which are represented by two orthographic word may be represented by more than one on another language

• Elements of meaning which are represented by one or two orthographic word may be represented by more than one on another language

__________ is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.

• Morpheme

• Morphology

• Lexicon

__________can stand alone and form a sentence by itself.

• Word

• Group of words

• Many groups of words

__________cannot stand alone and must be linked to other morphemes.

• Morpheme

• Morphology

• Lexicon