Worksheet
LING 202-121
Define and provide an example.
1. What is compounding?
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2. What is derivation?
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3. What is coinage?
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4. What is clipping?
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5. What is etymology?
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6. What are eponyms?
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7. What is borrowing?
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8. What is loan translation?
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9. What is calque?
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10. What is blending?
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11. What is clipping?
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12. What are hypocorisms?
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13. What is back formation?
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14. What is conversion?
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15. What are acronyms?
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16. What is an affix?
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17. What is a suffix?
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18. What is a prefix?
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19. What is analogy?
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20. What is free morpheme?
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21. What are the types of free morphemes?
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22. What is bound morpheme?
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23. What are the types of bound morphemes?
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Answer Study Questions on page 59-60 .
Self-Study Exercises
Choose the correct answer.
1. The study of the construction of words out of morphemes is-------A. morphemes
B. morphology
2. Smallest linguistic unit that has meaning or grammatical function.
A. phonemes
B. sounds
C. morphemes
D. letters
3. Free morphemes can stand alone as words.
A. True
B. False
4. Bound morphemes always attach to other morphemes, never existing as words themselves.
They always carry a grammatical function.
A. True
B. False
5. Morphemes that carry a semantic content (lexical meaning) as opposed to performing a
grammatical function are-----------------.
A. Function morphemes
B. Content morphemes
6. An affix that attaches to the end of a stem; in English, and it may be inflectional or derivational is
known as --------------------.
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix
7. Bound morphemes that change the meaning or syntactic function of the words to which they
attach to is ----------------.
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix
8. An affix that attaches to the beginning of a stem is a ----------------.
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix
9. Morphemes that provide information about the grammatical relationships of words is a-----------.
A. Content morphemes
B. Function morphemes
10. Morphemes that change the meaning or lexical category of the words to which they attach are -------------.
A. Derivational morphemes
B. Inflectional morphemes
11. Morphemes that serve a purely grammatical function, never creating a new word but only a
different form of the same word are---------------.
A. Derivational morphemes
B. Inflectional morphemes
12. –ed in He washed the car is a/an--------------.
A. Inflectional morphemes
B. Derivational morphemes
13. -s- in He walks to school is a/an--------------.
A. Inflectional morphemes
B. Derivational morphemes
14. -tion- in the word Radiation is a/an----------------.
A. Inflectional morphemes
B. Derivational morphemes
15. -ing- in She is studying every day is a/an-----------------.
A. Inflectional morphemes
B. Derivational morphemes
16. -ly- in Slowly, he ambled down the street is a/an-----------------.
A. Inflectional morphemes
B. Derivational morphemes
17. -est- in That is the biggest fish I have ever seen is a/an----------------.
A. Inflectional morphemes
B. Derivational morphemes
18. -th- in I could feel the warmth of the fire is a/an-------------.
A. Inflectional morphemes
B. Derivational morphemes
Exercise # 2
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1. -ize in
final
finalize
is derivational because it changes the -------------into -------------.
A. verb - noun
B. noun- adjective
C. verb- adjective
D. noun- verb
E. adjective- verb
2. -ness in
sad
sadness
is derivational because it changes the --------------- into-----------------.
A. verb - noun
B. noun- adjective
C. verb- adjective
D. adjective- noun
E. adjective- verb
3. –re in
fund
refund
is derivational because it changes the---------------- into---------------.
A. verb - noun
B. noun- adjective
C. verb- adjective
D. noun- verb
E. adjective- verb
4. -ive in
describe
descriptive
is derivational because it changes the ---------------- into---------------.
A. verb - noun
B. noun- adjective
C. verb- adjective
D. adjective- noun
E. adjective- verb
5. -en in
gold
golden
is derivational because it changes the-------------- into-------------.
A. verb - noun
B. noun- adjective
C. verb- adjective
D. noun- verb
E. adjective- noun
6. -al- in
ration
rational
is derivational because it changes the--------------into----------------.
A. verb - noun
B. noun- adjective
C. noun- verb
D. adjective- noun
E. adjective- verb
7. If you divide Americanize into its component morphemes, the base morpheme would be----------.
A. America
B. American
C. ameriD. merit
8. If you divide Computers into its component morphemes, the base morpheme would be-----------.
A. computer
B. -sC. computers
D. compute
9. If you divide isolated into its component morphemes, the base morpheme would be----------.
A. isolation
B. isolate
C. isolated
D. isola10. Which morpheme in dehumidifying is an inflectional morpheme?
A. -de
B. -ify
C. -id
D. -ing
11. Which morpheme in rationalized is an inflectional morpheme?
A. ration
B. -al
C. -ize
D. -ed
12. Which morpheme in swimming is an inflectional morpheme?
A. swim
B. -ming
C. –ing
13. The English –er in the following examples is---------------.
ride
read
jog
rider
reader
jogger
A. derivational
B. inflectional
14. The English -er in the following examples is------------.
big
tall
small
bigger
taller
smaller
A. derivational
B. inflectional
What is the etymology of the following words?
1. Chef
2. Sushi
3. barbecue
4. Ketchup
5. Saffron
6. Harem
7. Sherbet
Give the suitable word formation process that best describes the following words
Word
Word formation process
1. exam
2. skydive
3. Kodak
4. infotainment
5. Vaseline
6. MP
7. flu
8. Kleenex
9. brunch
10. denote
11. telecast
12. Opt
13. Memo
14. Housekeep( from house keeper)
15. CD
16. textbook
17. hankie
18. High school
19. misunderstanding
20. zoo
21. YUC
22. laze
23. emote
24. foolishness
25. aspirin
26. Hoover
27. Spanglish
28. wallpaper
29. ATM
30. terrorism
Answer the question ( 1-2-3-4-5-and 6) and tasks C-and D on page 61-62