Morphology and Word Formation in English

Describe how back-formation contributes to word creation in English, and provide two examples.

Discuss the influence of cross-linguistic interaction on the morphology of English acronyms and blends.

Explain the process of zero derivation (conversion) and provide two examples of how it occurs in English.

All prefixes in English are bound morphemes.

• True

• False

Inflectional morphemes in English can alter a word's grammatical category.

• True

• False

The process of blending combines two words into a single unit.

• True

• False

All compounding involves affixes.

• True

• False

Lexical gaps refer to words that could exist but currently do not.

• True

• False

Reduplication is a common word formation process in English.

• True

• False

Morphological typology classifies languages based on their word formation strategies.

• True

• False