Word Assembly
What kind of word formation created the word "Cheeseburger"?
backformation
What kind of word formation created the word "congresswoman"?
compounding
What is root of the word "picked"?
pick
What is the root of the word "fullest"?
full
What is the study of how sounds fit together to form words?
morphology
What kind of word formation made the word "burned"?
derivation
What kind of word formation created the word "petrol"?
clipping
What is the root of the word "unreadable"?
read
What is the root of the word "predetermined"?
determine
What is the smallest linguistic unit with meaning?
morpheme
What kind of word formation created the word "brunch"?
blending
What kind of word formation created the word "MCA"?
acronyms
What is the root of the word "everlasting"?
last
What is the root of the word "refilled"?
fill
What kind of morpheme must be attached to another? (bound or free)
bound
What kind of word formation created the word "fernsprecher"? (calque or borrowing)
calque
What type of morphemic change (inflection or derivation) is book (sing. noun) to books (plural noun)?
inflection
What is the root of the word "preowned"?
own
What is the root of the word "understandable"?
understand
What are the two types of affixes not given proper English grammar recognition?
(they are not usually used in English)
circumfix, infix
What kind of word formation formed the word "Oreo"?
What type of morphemic change (inflection or derivation) is book (verb) to rebook (verb)?
derivation
What is the root of the word "antidisestablishmentarianism"?
establish
What is the root of the word "incomprehensibilities"?
comprehend
What kind of morpheme has no phonetic value?
null morpheme