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2022 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2022

Identify the compounds in the given data.
repeat    blackboard    toy factory    underestimate
deform    backward    bystander    sky-high

A

repeat and backward

B

blackboard and toy factory

C

sky-high and underestimate

D

bystander and deform

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2022 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2022

A second language speaker uses the word [phonetic] as a singular noun because she interprets the word [phonetics] as a plural noun. In doing so, she is deducing a new word by the process of __________.

A

Blocking

B

Back formation

C

Bracketing

D

Back tracking

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2022 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2022

Look into the data from Micaocan Aztec and match the words (P-S) to their meaning (i-iv) and select the correct sequence.

nokali      my house      nokalimes      my houses
mokali      your house      ikali      his house
nokwahmili      my cornfield      mokwahmili      your cornfield
ikwahmili      his cornfield      nomakhwames      my friends
mopelomes      your dogs      mopelo      your dog

A

P-(ii), Q-(iv), R-(i), S-(iii)

B

P-(iv), Q-(ii), R-(i), S-(iii)

C

P-(ii), Q-(iv), R-(iii), S-(i)

D

P-(iv), Q-(ii), R-(iii), S-(i)

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2022 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2022

Consider the following data from English. Which linguistic change(s) is/are associated with the addition of the suffix “-able”?
This book is readable.

A

sociolinguistic change

B

grammatical category change

C

semantic change

D

typological change

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2023 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2023

What type of morphological process is involved in the expression 'English-vinglish'?

A

Complete reduplication

B

Partial reduplication

C

Prefixation

D

Suffixation

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2023 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2023

Which type of morphological process is involved in creating catty from cat?

A

Inflection

B

Derivation

C

Suppletion

D

Reduplication

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2023 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2023

The comparative and superlative forms of the adjective ‘good’ are examples of:

A

Alternation

B

Syncope

C

Ablaut

D

Suppletion

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2023 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2023

Which one of the following is compounding of compounded words?

A

Lighthouse tower

B

Skating board

C

Boyfriend

D

Walkman

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2023 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2023

Identify the labels for X and Y in the following tree.

A

X: Verb, Y: Adjective

B

X: Adjective, Y: Adjective

C

X: Adjective, Y: Verb

D

X: Verb, Y: Verb

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2024 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2024

Match each of the word formation processes given in Column X with an example that is given in Column Y and select the correctly matched sequence.

A

P-iv; Q-i; R-ii; S-v; T-iii

B

P-iii; Q-v; R-iv; S-i; T-ii

C

P-v; Q-iv; R-iii; S-ii; T-i

D

P-i; Q-ii; R-iii; S-v; T-iv

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2025 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2025

Which of the following is/are type/s of affix/es?

A

Infix

B

Graphfix

C

Circumfix

D

Transfix

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2025 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2025

Choose the option that correctly matches the compound words (P – S) in column X with their types (i – iv) in column Y.

X	Y
P. Scarecrow	i. Copulative
Q. Shoerack	ii. Appositional
R. Sleepwalk	iii. Exocentric
S. Maidservant	iv. Endocentric

A

P – iv, Q – i, R – ii, S – iii

B

P – iii, Q – ii, R – i, S – iv

C

P – iii, Q – iv, R – i, S – ii

D

P – iv, Q – iii, R – ii, S – i

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2025 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2025

Choose the option/s that lead/s to the ungrammaticality of the English word *grammarismian.

A

-ian is a primary affix

B

-ism is a primary affix

C

-ian is a secondary affix

D

-ism is a secondary affix

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2026 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics (XH-C3) 2026

Examine the following statements (S1 and S2) and choose the CORRECT option.
S1: In English, the attachment of suffix -able to intransitive verbs is productive.
S2: In English words, inflectional suffixes follow derivational suffixes.

A

S1 is correct but S2 is incorrect.

B

S1 is incorrect but S2 is correct.

C

Both S1 and S2 are correct.

D

Both S1 and S2 are incorrect.

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2026 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics (XH-C3) 2026

The word-formation process of Backformation can apply to which ONE of the following pairs?

A

laser, scavenger

B

kudos, laser

C

scavenger, emotion

D

emotion, kudos

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2026 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics (XH-C3) 2026

Based on the following Turkish data provided in rows 1-6 for singular and plural nouns, identify the option that lists the correct plural forms of the nouns in rows 7-10.
(Hint: Treat the written forms of 'a' and 'o' as back vowels and 'e' and 'i' as front vowels.)

1.	adam 'man'	adamlar 'men'
2.	top 'gun'	toplar 'guns'
3.	ders 'lesson'	dersler 'lessons'
4.	yer 'place'	yerler 'places'
5.	yol 'road'	yollar 'roads'
6.	kilit 'lock'	kilitler 'locks'
7.	ok 'arrow'	______ 'arrows'
8.	el 'hand'	______ 'hands'
9.	zil 'bell'	______ 'bells'
10.	elma 'apple'	______ 'apples'

A

oklar, eller, ziller, elmalar

B

okler, eller, ziler, elmaler

C

oklar, ellar, zillar, elmalar

D

okler, ellar, ziller, elmaler

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2026 · Linguistics · Levels of Grammatical Analysis (The primary components of grammar) · Word Formation

Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics (XH-C3) 2026

Which ONE of the options represents the CORRECT mapping between the morphological concepts in Column X and the examples in Column Y?

Column X: Morphological Concepts	Column Y: Examples
P. Suppletion	1. bookmaker – bookie
Q. Conversion	2. deer – deer
R. Zero morpheme	3. bad – worst
S. Hypocorism	4. arrive – arrival
T. Derivation	5. (a) doctor – (to) doctor

A

P – 4, Q – 3, R – 2, S – 5, T – 1

B

P – 5, Q – 1, R – 3, S – 2, T – 4

C

P – 3, Q – 2, R – 5, S – 1, T – 4

D

P – 3, Q – 5, R – 2, S – 1, T – 4

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