TEST

The definition of "stem" is:

• the part which occurs after a base

• the ultimate constituent element which remains after the removal of all fucntional and derivational affixes

• the part of a word that remains after the removal of all inflectional suffixes

• added directly to bases or constructions consisting of a base plus one or more

Identify the process of word formation of the following words "DVD" *

• Borrowing

• Acronymy

• Coinage

• Compounding

The process wherby a word is formed from the initials or beginning segments of a succession of words

• base/root

• Clipping

• Coinage

• acronymy

The process of shifting a word from one word class to another without adding an affix

• word

• conversion

• acronymy

• blending

A morpheme in a word that has the principal meaning

• derivation

• root/base

• inflection

• morpheme

How many inflectional suffixes are there in English ?

• 5

• 8

• 6

• 7

Identify the process of word formation of the following words "national"

• Coinage

• Blending

• Back formation

• Clipping

One of the smallest units of speech that make one word different from another word

• phoneme

• morpheme

• syntax

• word

Explain the meaning of the affix in this word " maltreat"

• under/below the normal

• not

• in(to)

• badly/wrongly

The process of deriving words by removing what is thought to be a suffix from an existing word

• inflection

• clipping

• back formation

• blending