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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
What is an endocentric compound?
A compound whose meaning is not derived from its components
A compound whose meaning is related to the head element
A morpheme that cannot stand alone
A type of affix
What is a free morpheme?
A type of compound
A morpheme that cannot stand alone
A bound morpheme
A morpheme that can stand alone as a word
What does inflection involve?
Creating new words with different meanings
Modification of a word to mark grammatical information
Combining two words
Changing a word's syntactic category
What is an infix?
A morpheme that can stand alone
An affix attached to the end of a base
A bound morpheme inserted within a root
A type of compound word
What is reduplication?
Creating new words with affixes
Repeating all or part of a base to mark a grammatical or semantic contrast
Shortening a word
Combining two words
