Lexicology and Etymology Quiz

What is morpheme?

• The smallest significant part of the word

• the part of the word to which affixes are added

• a derived word

• parent

Which word is neuttral?

• parent

• dad

• father

• a phrase

Semasiology is a branch of lexicology that is devoted to the study of...

• meaning

• dictionary compiling

• develorment of vocabulary

• he wants to go home

That is suffix ....

• a derivotional morpheme following the stem modifying meaning

• a derivational morpheme standing before the stem and modifying the lexical meaning

• an affix ... placed within the word

• a derived word

Compounds are made up of ...

• Two inseparable vocabulary units

• adding prefixes

• converting verbs from nouns

• adding suffixes

The word baby sit is formed by the way of

• clipping

• conversion

• back formation

• adding prefixes

Words identical in saund but deffirent in meaning are called

• homonyms

• synonyms

• homographs

• develorment of vocobulary

Words identical in sound but deffirent both in heir sound form and meaning are...

• homophonies

• antonyms

• homographs

• synonyms

Blends are words made out of....

• the shortened forms of two other words

• adding prefixes

• imitating sounds

• meaning

The word branch is the example of forming words by...

• adding suffix

• shortening forms of two other words

• deriving two or more stems

• the basic lexical units