A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation.
Related Mcqs:
- ______________________is a processes of word formation wherein new words are coined by combining the segments of two different existing words?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation. - ______________________is a processes of word formation wherein one or more syllables are removed from an existing long words?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Clipping. - ______________________is a processes of word formation by which new words are formed by attaching prefixes or suffixes to the base form?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation - _____________________is a processes of word formation whereby new words are formed by subtracting a root by deleting final syllable which is misunderstood as a suffix?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation. - ______________________is used to designate words pronounced differently though identically?
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms - __________is a method of word formation whereby on or more syllables are removed from longer words ?
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Metanalysis - ____________is the process by which new words are coined by combining the segments of two different words ?
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Metanalysis - The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed to tell more than one tale. How many tales did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim telling ?
A. four
B. six
C. two
D. one - ______________involves a different analysis of the structure of the word by attaching a consonant at the end of a word or a vowel at the beginning of the next word ?
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Met analysis - What is the word for a “play on words” ?
A. pun
B. simile
C. haiku
D. metaphor
