The words 'ballet', 'corps', 'bouquet', 'cliché' are borrowings from ______ .

Word Formation and Linguistics Quiz

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
French
Latin
Indian
Spanish
Scandinavian
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of shortening?
trigonometry - trig
baby-sitter - to baby-sit
insult - to insult
hogshead
man-at-arms
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of sound-gradation?
mishmash
goody-goody
hurdy-gurdy
brood - to breed
'present - to pre'sent
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of acronymy?
USA
CIA
UFO
BBC
NASA
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of abbreviation?
BBC
NASA
SARS
TESOL
NATO
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The creation of new words through sound imitation, such as 'tick-tock', 'buzz', 'splash' is called ______.
conversion
onomatopoeia
substantivization
lexicalization
syntactical word-building
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
_______ is a type of word formation that involves changing a root sound.
blending
affixation
sound-gradation
back formation
semantic stress
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