Word Assembly
Assembly of Words
Digging up Roots
Roots, Roots, Everywhere
Mighty Morphin' Terms
100

What kind of word formation created the word "Cheeseburger"?

backformation

100

What kind of word formation created the word "congresswoman"?

compounding

100

What is root of the word "picked"?

pick

100

What is the root of the word "fullest"?

full

100

What is the study of how sounds fit together to form words?

morphology

200

What kind of word formation made the word "burned"?

derivation

200

What kind of word formation created the word "petrol"?

clipping

200

What is the root of the word "unreadable"?

read

200

What is the root of the word "predetermined"?

determine

200

What is the smallest linguistic unit with meaning?

morpheme

300

What kind of word formation created the word "brunch"?

blending

300

What kind of word formation created the word "MCA"?

acronyms

300

What is the root of the word "everlasting"?

last

300

What is the root of the word "refilled"?

fill

300

What kind of morpheme must be attached to another? (bound or free)

bound

400

What kind of word formation created the word "fernsprecher"? (calque or borrowing)

calque

400

What type of morphemic change (inflection or derivation) is book (sing. noun) to books (plural noun)?

inflection

400

What is the root of the word "preowned"?

own

400

What is the root of the word "understandable"?

understand

400

What are the two types of affixes not given proper English grammar recognition?
(they are not usually used in English)

circumfix, infix

500

What kind of word formation formed the word "Oreo"?

invention
500

What type of morphemic change (inflection or derivation) is book (verb) to rebook (verb)?

derivation

500

What is the root of the word "antidisestablishmentarianism"?

establish

500

What is the root of the word "incomprehensibilities"?

comprehend

500

What kind of morpheme has no phonetic value?

null morpheme