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 method of word formation whereby on or more syllables are removed from longer words ?
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Metanalysis - ______________________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 wherein two or more existing words are simply combined ?
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 the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttereD ?
A. Stress
B. Pitch
C. Intonation
D. Juncture - ____________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 final /l/ in the words ‘bottle’, ‘cattle’ and ‘little’ are examples of _____________ ?
A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above - The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged and patted are instances of__________?
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
D. None of the above - The final /n/ in the words ‘sudden’ and ‘mutton’ are __________________?
A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above
