Morphology Quiz

What is the main focus of morphology?

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Punctuation

• Word structure

Which term refers to the smallest meaning-bearing unit in a language?

• Syllable

• Lexeme

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

What is the difference between inflectional and derivational morphemes?

• Inflectional morphemes encode grammatical categories, derivational morphemes create new lexemes

• Inflectional morphemes are highly restricted, derivational morphemes are open class

• Inflectional morphemes create new lexemes, derivational morphemes mark word-forms

• Inflectional morphemes are closer to the stem, derivational morphemes are distant

Which language type encodes large numbers of grammatical categories by attaching inflectional morphemes?

• Fusional languages

• Agglutinating languages

• Synthetic languages

• Analytic languages

What is the function of the English plural morpheme -ed in words like 'kissed' and 'loved'?

• Marks comparative degree

• Marks progressive aspect

• Marks plural form

• Marks past tense

Which language is known for its complex system of plural allomorphy?

• Turkish

• Russian

• German

• English

What is the purpose of the diagnostic system introduced in the text?

• To analyze phonological features of words

• To describe the history of language evolution

• To study the syntax of sentences

• To analyze and describe word-formation products

What has English language transitioned towards over the past fifteen centuries?

• More agglutinating

• More fusional

• More analytic

• More synthetic

Which word-formation pattern involves joining at least two free lexical morphemes to form a complex lexeme?

• Conversion

• Compounding

• Suffixation

• Prefixation

Which prefix is used to indicate 'lacking in' or 'without'?

• dis-

• in-

• un-

• a-