Anglistik 3 | Department of English Language and Linguistics

Morphology

Quiz

{Ing} in e.g. his teaching methods can be described as:
1. A suffix
2. A prefix
3. A bound morpheme
4. A unique morpheme
5. An affix which changes the syllabic structure of teach
By means of which word-formation process has the lexeme careless been arrived at?
1. Derivation
2. Conversion
3. Blending
4. Compounding
5. Vowel interchange
Mark those statements which hold true for the compound greenhouse (e.g. greenhouse effect).
1. House is the head of the compound; green is its modifier.
2. The meaning of greenhouse can be deduced from the meanings of its constituents: greenhouse means green + house.
3. Greenhouse is an endocentric compound.
4. In the compound greenhouse, the right-hand element house receives the main stress.
5. Greenhouse allows modification of its first element: for example, a very greenhouse.
{s} in e.g. books and {en} in oxen are
1. Morphs of two different morphemes
2. Different realizations of one and the same morpheme
3. Phonologically conditioned allomorphs
4. Pragmatically conditioned allomorphs
5. Lexically conditioned allomorphs
Mark those statements below which are correct:
1. The grammatical category degree of comparison is marked on and relevant for (at least some) prepositions.
2. The grammatical category aspect is marked on and relevant for (at least some) verbs.
3. The grammatical category number is marked on and relevant for (at least some) nouns, pronouns and verbs.
4. The grammatical category tense is marked on and relevant for (at least some) adverbs.
5. The grammatical category case is marked on and relevant for (at least some) adjectives.