Tier 1

Question 1

Three basic types of word forming

Answer 1

Derivation, inflection, free/bound morphemes

Question 2

Derivation (Word forming)

Answer 2

Changes the part of speech of the word, will not apply to all words

Question 3

Inflection (Word forming)

Answer 3

The creation of different grammatical forms without changing the meaning

Question 4

Inflection (Word forming) example

Answer 4

See, saw, have seen

Question 5

Free vs bound morphemes

Answer 5

Free morphemes are words on their own, bound morphemes must have something attached to make meaning

Question 6

Content morphemes

Answer 6

have meaning (aka, semantic content) in and of themselves

Think: Berry in raspberry or blueberry

Question 7

Function morphemes

Answer 7

serve a purpose connected to meaning

think: a plural s

Question 8

4 types of word processes

Answer 8

Affixation, compounding, alternations, suppletion

Question 9

Three types of affixations (word processes)

Answer 9

Prefix, infix, suffix

Question 10

Compounding (word processes)

Answer 10

Two independent words put together

Question 11

Reduplication (word processes)

Answer 11

creating new meaning by doubling morphemes, does not typically happen in English

Question 12

Rare example of reduplication in English

Answer 12

Like-like

Question 13

Alternations (word processes)

Answer 13

morphological distinctions, often to indicate quantity or tense (man/men, ring/rang/rung)

Question 14

Suppletion (word processes)

Answer 14

Irregular version of alternation, morphological distinctions, often to indicate quantity or tense

Question 15

Suppletion example

Answer 15

go/went/gone, good/better/best

Question 16

Alternation example

Answer 16

Ring/rang/rung

Question 17

What are the three basic patterns of word order

Answer 17

SVO, SV, SLVC

Question 18

SVO, SV, SLVC example

Answer 18

She reads books (SVO)
She reads (SV)
She is a reader (SLVC)

Question 19

Alternate word processes (5)

Answer 19

Coining, conversions, blends, acronyms, clipping

Question 20

2 types of syntactic properties

Answer 20

Word order and cooccurence

Question 21

Cooccurence definition

Answer 21

things which happen concurrently in a grammatical sentence

Question 22

3 types of cooccurence

Answer 22

Argument, adjunct, agreement

Question 23

Types of cooccurence short clues

Answer 23

Argument=obliged
Adjunct=optional
Agreement=Matching

Question 24

Argument (cooccurence)

Answer 24

Parts of a sentence are obligatory. Some verbs require a subject or object to make sense. Those verbs are arguments.

Question 25

What are the features required by an argument called? (cooccurence)

Answer 25

Complements

Question 26

Adjunct (cooccurence)

Answer 26

Optional additions to make things more specific, can be freely ordered but not all adjuncts apply to all sentences

Question 27

What are adjuncts sometimes called? (Cooccurence)

Answer 27

Modifiers

Question 28

Agreement (Cooccurence)

Answer 28

All arguments must be in the same morphological form. Esp. applies to tense and plurals

Question 29

Phrase structure rules

Answer 29

used to capture patterns of syntactic combination, displayed w trees

Question 30

2 types of ambiguity

Answer 30

structural ambiguity and homophony