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4. Many of the removed endings in back-formation are not suffixes but inseparable parts of the words.
5. Words created through back-formation are mostly verbs and have successfully gained currency.
5. Modern English vocabulary develop through three channels: _________, semantic change and ________.
True or False
1. Some morphemes are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word.
4. Prefixes do not modify the word meaning but only change the word-class of the base. T or F?
5. The primary function of suffixes is to change the word class and slightly modify its meaning. T or F?
5. A root is the basic form of a word which cannot be further analyzed without totΒιβλιοθήκη l loss of identity.
1. The most productive means of vocabulary expansion in modern English are ______, compounding and conversion.
2. Though words of the basic word stock constitute a small percentage of the English vocabulary, yet it is the most important part. T or F?
3. Prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliaries and articles belong to content words. T or F?
1. Latin, Greek, French and Scandinavian are the major contributors of borrowed words to the English vocabulary. T or F?
2. Most of Latin words have entered English through Greek. T or F?
1. Words may fall into: the basic word stock and _______ vocabulary by use frequency; content words and ____words by notion; native words and ______words by origin, etc..
5. Words produced by conversion are primarily ______, ______ and ______.
True or False
1. Blending is the formation of new words by combining two words or a word plus a part of another word.
2. Free morphemes are all roots, while bound morphemes consist of roots and affixes.
3. Derivational morphemes occur before inflectional morphemes.
4. Prefixes are derivational and suffixes are inflectional.
4. English belongs to Indo-European family. T or F?
5. List the three phases of the historical development of English language:_________,__________,___________.
1. Compounding is the formation of new words by joining two or three bases. T or F?
2. Compounds differ from free phrases in their semantic ‘onewordness’, i.e. a single semantic unit even though they may be written open. T or F?
3. Most of modern English vocabulary has come from French. T or F?
4. Since German and English are sisters belonging to the same family, German has a great influence on English. T or F?
3. Compounding can take place within any of the word classes, and the most productive ones are nouns, adjectives and adverbs. T or F?
4. Conversion is the formation of new words by converting words of one class to another, and it’s also called_______.
2. All words which are produced by applying the rule of word-formation is acceptable. T or F?
3. Affixation is also known as_____, and it falls into two subcategories: ______and ______.
2. Clipping is the formation of new words by cutting a part off the original and using what remains instead.
3. Acronyms can be subdivided into initialisms and acronyms. Initialisms are pronounced letter by letter, while acronyms are pronounced as a normal word.
5. Words created through back-formation are mostly verbs and have successfully gained currency.
5. Modern English vocabulary develop through three channels: _________, semantic change and ________.
True or False
1. Some morphemes are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word.
4. Prefixes do not modify the word meaning but only change the word-class of the base. T or F?
5. The primary function of suffixes is to change the word class and slightly modify its meaning. T or F?
5. A root is the basic form of a word which cannot be further analyzed without totΒιβλιοθήκη l loss of identity.
1. The most productive means of vocabulary expansion in modern English are ______, compounding and conversion.
2. Though words of the basic word stock constitute a small percentage of the English vocabulary, yet it is the most important part. T or F?
3. Prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliaries and articles belong to content words. T or F?
1. Latin, Greek, French and Scandinavian are the major contributors of borrowed words to the English vocabulary. T or F?
2. Most of Latin words have entered English through Greek. T or F?
1. Words may fall into: the basic word stock and _______ vocabulary by use frequency; content words and ____words by notion; native words and ______words by origin, etc..
5. Words produced by conversion are primarily ______, ______ and ______.
True or False
1. Blending is the formation of new words by combining two words or a word plus a part of another word.
2. Free morphemes are all roots, while bound morphemes consist of roots and affixes.
3. Derivational morphemes occur before inflectional morphemes.
4. Prefixes are derivational and suffixes are inflectional.
4. English belongs to Indo-European family. T or F?
5. List the three phases of the historical development of English language:_________,__________,___________.
1. Compounding is the formation of new words by joining two or three bases. T or F?
2. Compounds differ from free phrases in their semantic ‘onewordness’, i.e. a single semantic unit even though they may be written open. T or F?
3. Most of modern English vocabulary has come from French. T or F?
4. Since German and English are sisters belonging to the same family, German has a great influence on English. T or F?
3. Compounding can take place within any of the word classes, and the most productive ones are nouns, adjectives and adverbs. T or F?
4. Conversion is the formation of new words by converting words of one class to another, and it’s also called_______.
2. All words which are produced by applying the rule of word-formation is acceptable. T or F?
3. Affixation is also known as_____, and it falls into two subcategories: ______and ______.
2. Clipping is the formation of new words by cutting a part off the original and using what remains instead.
3. Acronyms can be subdivided into initialisms and acronyms. Initialisms are pronounced letter by letter, while acronyms are pronounced as a normal word.