Lexical Study: Answer Choices

Lexical Study
 Q. The study of words and their structure
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semantics
psycholinguistics
morphology
dialectology
 Question 12
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Q.
Open class or content words are defined as
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the words that convey conceptual meaning
words that are open to interpretation
words that cannot be added to a language
words that do not carry conceptual meaning

 Question 13
45 seconds
Q.
Lexicon is
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a pairing between a form and a sound
arbitrary relationship between the meaning and the sound
our mental dictionary of all the words we know
universal capacity to learn new words

 Question 14
20 seconds
Q.
What is NOT an example of an open (content) class word?
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a noun
a pronoun
a verb
an adverb
 Question 15
20 seconds
Q.
What is an example of a closed class (function) words?
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conjuctions
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
 Question 16
20 seconds
Q.
a minimal unit of meaning is called a
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tagmeme
lexeme
morpheme
phoneme
 Question 17
45 seconds
Q.
inflectional morpheme
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changes meanings and parts of speech
does not change meanings or parts of speech
makes adverbs from adjectives
smallest part of a word that precedes the root

 Question 18
20 seconds
Q.
What is NOT an example of an inflectional morpheme?
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-ing
-ed
-s
-ish
 Question 19
45 seconds
Q.
What is an example of an inflectional morpheme?
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-er to form a comparative adjective
-ly to form an adverb from an adjective
-ize to form a verb from a noun
-ic to form an adjective

 Question 20
20 seconds
Q.
Free morpheme
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cannot stand alone
can stand alone
can be a prefix
can be a suffix
 Question 21
30 seconds
Q.
What can be an example of a bound morpheme?
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ist
eat
act
ask
 Question 22
20 seconds
Q.
A variant of a morpheme that does not change its identity
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allomorph
allophone
allotted
alloy
 Question 23
20 seconds
Q.
True or False:
A suffix will never appear at the end of a word.

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True
False
 Question 24
20 seconds
Q.
Which of the four options are Prefixes?
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pro
ure
logy
ness
 Question 25
30 seconds
Q. Words that are made up of more than one morpheme are called ...
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regular words
simplex words
complex words
compound words
 Question 26
30 seconds
Q.
Which two of the four options are derivations?
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preview
understandable
contexts
answered
 Question 27
60 seconds
Q.
Identify the number of bound morphemes in the text:
Mary has two little sisters who are always the loudest when crying.
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1
3
4
 Question 28
30 seconds
Q.
Inflectional morphemes are often used to make words of different grammatical category from the
stem.
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true
false
 Question 29
45 seconds
Q.
Identify one of the various processes by which words can be built in any language.
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Infixes
lexical
functional
grammatical
 Question 30
30 seconds
Q.
The meaning of the word 'centenarian' is ...
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a person who tells people what to do
a person who is at least 100 years old
a person who likes cents

 Question 31
30 seconds
Q. Do "revolution" and "revolutions" belong to the same lexeme or different lexemes?
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the same
different
 Question 32
30 seconds
Q. Do "revolve" and "dissolve" belong to the same lexeme or different lexemes?
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the same
different
 Question 33
30 seconds
Q. Do "wash" and "rewash" belong to the same lexeme or different lexemes?
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the same
different
 Question 34
30 seconds
Q. A meaning of the prefix "under" is...
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too much
too far
too lean
too little
 Question 35
30 seconds
Q. In the word "overact," the prefix "over" means...
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above
too much
among
large
 Question 36
60 seconds
Q.
Which list has all words with inflectional morphology?
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elements, linked, ordering, Persians, killed
elements, linked, ordering, unkind, killed
elements, linked, ordering, have, killed
elements, linked, ordering, tend, killed

 Question 37
60 seconds
Q.
Which list has all words with derivational morphology?
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unkind, Indo-European, morphology, Persians, within
unkind, Indo-European, morphology, thought, within
unkind, Indo-European, morphology, these, within
unkind, Indo-European, morphology, feature, within

 Question 38
30 seconds
Q.
In the English language inflectional morphemes can be...
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Prefixes, Suffixes and Infixes
Prefixes, Suffixes
Suffixes only
Infixes only
 Question 39
30 seconds
Q.
In the English language derivational morphemes can be...
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Prefixes, Suffixes and Infixes
Prefixes, Suffixes
Suffixes only
Infixes only
 Question 40
30 seconds
Q. Syntax is the study of_______________.
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Word formation
How language is used to communicate within its situational context
Linguistic meaning
Phrases, clauses, and sentences
 Question 41
20 seconds
Q. _________________ was one of the most influential linguists in the field of syntax.
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Paul Broca
Carl Wernicke
Noam Chomsky
William Shakespeare
 Question 42
20 seconds
Q.
Which photo is an example of a tree diagram used to study syntax?
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1
4
 Question 43
20 seconds
Q. In the sentence “The fat man ate food,” which part is the noun phrase?
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Man
Ate
The fat man
Ate food
 Question 44
20 seconds
Q. In the sentence, “The fat man ate,” which part is the verb?
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Man
Ate
The fat man
Ate food
 Question 45
20 seconds
Q. Which of the following does not fall in the category of “determiner”?
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This
Their
Those
Tall
 Question 46
20 seconds
Q.
NP + VP = ?
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Clause or sentence
PP
NPV
(D) (AP) N
 Question 47
45 seconds
Q.
Open class or content words are defined as
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the words that convey conceptual meaning
words that are open to interpretation
words that cannot be added to a language
words that do not carry conceptual meaning

 Question 48
20 seconds
Q.
What is NOT an example of a content word?
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a noun
a pronoun
a verb
an adverb
 Question 49
20 seconds
Q.
What is a the most important word or a head in the NP?
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preposition
verb
novel word
noun
 Question 50
30 seconds
Q.
Fill in the blank with one of the oprions:
'If you go to the USA twenty kilos _____ the baggage allowance.'
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was
are
is
were

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Lexical Study

 Q. The study of words and their structure

words that are open to interpretation

words that cannot be added to a language

words that do not carry conceptual meaning

arbitrary relationship between the meaning and the sound

our mental dictionary of all the words we know

universal capacity to learn new words

does not change meanings or parts of speech

makes adverbs from adjectives

smallest part of a word that precedes the root

-ly to form an adverb from an adjective

-ize to form a verb from a noun

-ic to form an adjective

can stand alone

A suffix will never appear at the end of a word.

a person who is at least 100 years old

a person who likes cents

elements, linked, ordering, unkind, killed

elements, linked, ordering, have, killed

elements, linked, ordering, tend, killed

unkind, Indo-European, morphology, thought, within

unkind, Indo-European, morphology, these, within

unkind, Indo-European, morphology, feature, within

words that are open to interpretation

words that cannot be added to a language

words that do not carry conceptual meaning

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