‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫جامعة الطائف‬
‫كلية التربية والعلوم بالخرمة‬
‫قسم الدراسات االنسانية‬
‫برنامج اللغة االنجليزية‬
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Taif University
Khurmah Branch
Humanities Department
English Programme
Student’s Name:
Course/Code: Advanced Morphology/104423-3
1st Semester Midterm Exam
Level:7
Student’s ID:
Date: 01/11/2018
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 (1 hour)
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**Answer All Questions**
Q.1
MARKS
(5 marks)
Define and give an example of each of the following linguistic terms:
a) Lexical Morpheme:
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b) Derivational Morpheme:
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c) Conversion:
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d) Affix:
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e) Allomorph:
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Please turn over
Q.2
(5 marks)
Examine the following plural forms in English:
cats
dogs
watches
a. Determine the allomorphs of the inflectional suffix. (1 mark)
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b. Determine the conditioning environment for each of the
allomorphs. (3 marks)
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c. Consider the following plural forms. What type of lexically
conditioned allomorphs are they? (1 mark)
tooth – teeth
man – men
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Q.3
(5 marks)
Identify the process of word formation responsible for the following
words.
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
a burglar - to burgle: ____________________________________
itsy bitsy: ____________________________________________
café: ________________________________________________
chill + relax = chillax: __________________________________
sunglasses: ___________________________________________
Please turn over
Q.4
(5 marks)
a. Identify the morphemes in each of the following words. (2 marks)
Example: irregularly: ir - regular – ly
i)
ii)
unfriendliness: ___________________________________________
invisibly: _______________________________________________
b. Using the prefixes in each of the words in a) above, provide another
word that uses each of the prefixes so identified. (2 marks)
i)
ii)
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c. Draw a tree structure of the word undrinkable. (1 mark)
-END OF QUESTIONSMrs. Mange Rita Kanjoh