Derivation (Affixation)
What is the process of adding prefixes or suffixes to a root word to create a new word?
Deriviation
What do you call a word made by joining two separate words, like "toothbrush"?
Compound word
What type of word formation changes a word’s grammatical function without changing its form?
Conversion
What type of word formation shortens a longer word, like "advertisement" to "ad"?
Clipping
What type of word formation creates new words from the initials of a phrase?
Acronymy
What prefix would you add to "agree" to make it mean "not agree"?
Disagree
What two words make up the compound word "snowman"?
"Snow" and "man"
The word "Google" was originally a noun but can now be used as a verb. What process is this?
Conversion
What is the clipped form of "refrigerator"?
Fridge
What does the acronym NASA stand for?
"National Aeronautics and Space Administration"
What suffix would you add to "kind" to turn it into a noun?
Kindness
Is "post office" an open, closed, or hyphenated compound?
Open compound
Give a verb that has been converted from a noun.
"to text," "to email," "to bottle".
What is the full form of "lab"?
Laboratory
What is the difference between an acronym and an initialism?
An acronym is pronounced as a word (e.g., NASA), while an initialism is pronounced letter by letter (e.g., FBI).
The word "unhappiness" contains how many morphemes?
3 morphemes
What is the difference between an endocentric and exocentric compound?
Endocentric has a clear head word (e.g., doghouse), exocentric does not (e.g., pickpocket).
In "He had a good run," the word "run" is an example of what?
a noun formed by conversion
"Flu" comes from what full word?
"influenza"
What does the initialism "FBI" stand for?
"Federal Bureau of Investigation"
Identify the prefix and suffix in the word "misunderstanding."
"Mis" and "ing"
"Butterfly" is an example of what type of compound word?
Exocentric
"Green" can be a color or refer to someone new at a job. What type of conversion is this?
Adjective to noun
"Demo" is a clipped form of what word?
"demonstration"
What does the acronym "LASER" stand for?
"Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation"