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PASS 12.1 LING 201

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The change from google (n) to google (v) is an example of:

a)

suppletion

b)

identity

c)

derivation

d)

truncation

2.

the linguistic process in which a word can change lexical category but stays exactly the same is (a)   (e.x: adult [n] vs. adult [v])

3.

the difference between the words record (noun) and record (verb) is/are:

a)

they're the same

b)

stress

c)

the change is caused by identity

d)

the lexical category changed

4.

the affix -un can attach to....

a)

adjectives

b)

nouns

c)

verbs

d)

predicates

5.

in the word "unhappiness" the -ness attaches to.....

a)

unhappy (the un- attaches first)

b)

happy (the un- attaches later)

6.

This is a type of bound morpheme that cannot be assigned an independent meaning and grammatical function, but nonetheless serves to distinguish one word from another

a)

Cranberry Morpheme

b)

Inactive Morpheme

c)

Dependent Morpheme

d)

Christmas Morpheme

7.

Select all the demonyms

a)

English

b)

Haligonian

c)

Burger King

d)

Canadian

e)

Tobias

8.

the word "zoo" derives from the longer word "zoological garden". This is an example of...

(a)  

9.

select all the blended words

a)

blog

b)

Hilton Hotel

c)

email

d)

tomato juice

e)

sitcom

10.

the word "blueberry" is created through the linguistic process of (a)  

11.

the affix re- commonly binds to:

a)

verbs

b)

adjectives

c)

nouns

d)

all of these

12.

the affix -ise attaches to....

a)

nouns

b)

nouns and adjectives

c)

verbs

d)

adjectives

13.

the affix -al is added to.....

a)

verbs

b)

nouns

c)

adjectives

14.

the affix un- is usually added to....

a)

adjectives

b)

verbs

c)

verbs and adjectives

d)

nouns and verbs