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Assignment (Reviewing Word Formation)
Assignment (Reviewing Word Formation)
Indicate
the morphological process responsible for the creation of each word in column 2.
Colum 1 Colum 2
a) act deactive ( derivation )
b) Mary is going to succeed Mary’s going to succeed
c) sing sang
d) implánt ímplant
e) blue, bird bluebird
f) finger (n) finger (v)
g) physical education phys-ed
h) motor and hotel motel
i) liposuction liposuct
j) Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service ACAS
2. The words in column 2 have been created from the corresponding word in column 1
indicate the morphological process responsible for the creation of each word in column 2.
a) automation = automate ( conversion )
b) humid = humidifier ( derivation )
c) information, entertainment = infotainment ( blending )
d) love, seat = loveseat ( compound )
e) prógress = progréss
f) typographical error = typo
g) aerobics, marathon = aerobathon ( blending )
h) act = deactivate ( derivation )
i) International, police = Interpol
j) perambulator = pram ( clipping )
k) (a) comb = comb
l) beef, buffalo = beefalo
m) Action on Smoking and Health = ASH
n) megabyte = meg
o) teleprinter, exchange = telex
p) influenza = flu
q) They have finished = They’ve finished
3. The following data provides the possible forms of the plural morpheme of English.
a) chiefs /ʧiːfs/ ( s ) k) balls /bɔːlz/
b) thieves /θiːvz/ ( z ) l) bulbs /bʌlbz/
c) rooms /ruːmz/( z ) m) dances /dɑːnsɪz/
d) ashes /æʃɪz ( IZ ) n) songs /sɒŋz/
e) nights /naɪts/ ( s ) o) chips /ʧɪps/
f) branches /brɑːnʧɪz/ p) browsers /ˈbraʊzəz/
g) dogs /dɒgz/ q) packs /pæks/