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Morphology

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 21mins

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1.

What is productivity?

a)

It is the set of words or expressions that are closely related, whatever it may be.

b)

It is a structured communication system for which there is a context of use and certain formal combinatorial principles

c)

It is the degree to which native speakers use a particular grammatical process, especially in word-formation.

2.

Choose the word that corresponds to the following statement: They are always intentional formations that follow an unproductive pattern.

a)

Creative neologisms

b)

Productive processes

c)

Morphological phenomena

d)

None of them

3.

Choose True or False

Phonological restrictions on the domain of a word-formation rule are

particularly common with derivational suffixes

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Select the correct answer:

The set of bases to which a rule could apply in principle is called.

a)

Grammaticalization

b)

Domain

c)

Inflection

d)

None of them

5.

Choose True or False

There are quite a few restrictions on productivity that limit the minting of new words.

a)

False

b)

True

6.

Choose True or False

Productivity and lexicon refer to the type of restrictions that explain why some words do not exist.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The ...... represents a ..... restriction on ...... (the desire for language should not have ..... words with the same meaning).

(a)  

8.

An analog change occurs:

a)

when speakers form a new word on the model of another word..

b)

when refers to the type of restrictions that explain why some words do not exist

9.

Complete the following example:

Base = Potentially blocked word = Blocking word

........ = maliziosita = ........ = “malice”

(a)  

10.

Complete the following example

Base = Potentially blocked word = Blocking word

Armonioso = ................... = armonia = .................

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