Ling 110 Exam II prep

Question 1

What is back formation?

Accepted Answer

removal of an affix from the end of an existing word

Question 2

Examples of "Hyponymy"

Accepted Answer

Animal-Dog, Vegetable-Carrot, Flower-Rose

Question 3

What are inflectional morphemes?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

UN-TEACH-Able has how many morphemes?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of front clipping?

Accepted Answer

'shake' instead of 'milkshake'

Question 6

The word "kodak" is a coined word

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Exam is Back Clipping of

Accepted Answer

Examination

Question 8

Derivational morphemes

Accepted Answer

Change word class, Change meaning

Question 9

What is back formation?

Accepted Answer

removal of an affix from the end of an existing word

Question 10

What is an example for exocentric compounds?

Accepted Answer

smartass

Question 11

is body - head a hyponymy or meronymy?

Accepted Answer

meronymy, because a head is a part of a body

Question 12

Examples of "Polysemy"

Accepted Answer

Foot (of a person, of bed, of mountain)

Question 13

What are the inflectional morpheme(s) in "kingdoms"

Accepted Answer

-s

Question 14

The word dogs has _____ morphemes.

Accepted Answer

2

Question 15

What are the derivational morphemes in "endlessly"

Accepted Answer

end, -less

Question 16

Identify the correct set of homophones from the following:

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 17

Are the following words gradable antonyms or ungradable antonyms: "on" and "off"?

Accepted Answer

Ungradable

Question 18

Polysemy is when a text has more than one meaning

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 19

Which are synonyms for happy?

Accepted Answer

glad, joyful, cheerful

Question 20

Which of the following are NOT examples of back-clipping?

Accepted Answer

Van

Question 21

What are the morphemes in the word "unfaithful"

Accepted Answer

un-, faith, -ful

Question 22

Morpheme added to the beginning of the word

Accepted Answer

Prefix

Question 23

A Morpheme is...

Accepted Answer

the smallest part of a word that has meaning

Question 24

In the sentence "The president signed the document." when President Nixon signed the Paris peace accord

Accepted Answer

Sense is dictionary meaning of "president" & referent is President Nixon

Question 25

are examples of endocentric compounds

Accepted Answer

housecat, underwater

Question 26

Derivational morphemes generally

Accepted Answer

do not change basic syntactic category, change the part of speech or the basic meaning of a word

Question 27

Hot/cold are non-gradable antonyms

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

Which of these compounds is endocentric?

Accepted Answer

armchair

Question 29

Morpheme added to the end of the word

Accepted Answer

Suffix

Question 30

Gradable Antonyms show degrees. Which is an example of gradable antonyms?

Accepted Answer

Very big/very small

Question 31

What are the derivational morphemes in "unwalkable"

Accepted Answer

un-, -able

Question 32

There are ________ morphemes in the word boldly.

Accepted Answer

2

Question 33

Which of these is not a bound morpheme?

Accepted Answer

In, Able

Question 34

An inflectional morpheme...

Accepted Answer

adds grammatical meaning

Question 35

Is {er} a bound or free morpheme?

Accepted Answer

Bound

Question 36

Which of these words contain 2 morphemes?

Accepted Answer

mailbox

Question 37

Gradable antonyms are

Accepted Answer

words that can are opposites on a continuous spectrum

Question 38

What are the inflectional morpheme(s) in "dancing"

Accepted Answer

-ing

Question 39

The morpheme -er in dancer is an inflectional morpheme

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

Free morphemes .....

Accepted Answer

Can stand alone as a word

Question 41

The word "smog" is made from "blending"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

are examples of exocentric compounds

Accepted Answer

pickpocket, tattletale

Ling 110 Exam II prep

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Ling 110 Exam II prep

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