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 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. - ______________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 - _____________________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 theory which Is based upon the assumption that language has been formed from the words uttered by groups of persons engaged in joint burdensome labour ?
A. The Yo__He__Ho Theory
B. The Gesture theory
C. The Poo__Pooh theory
D. Ding__Dong theory. - The following extract presents a suitable answer to the hacknied argument drawn by the defender of Slavery from the songs of the Slave, and is also a good specimen of the powers of observation and manly heart of the writer. The word hacknied is an old form of the word hackneyed. What does it mean ?
A. Lacking in freshness and originality
B. Saddened
C. Double meaning
D. Blue-eyed
