A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
Related Mcqs:
- The term ______________is used to designate words which are spelt differently but pronounced alike and which are different in meaning ?
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms - ______________________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 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 one or more syllables are removed from an existing long words?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Clipping. - The older term used to designate the study of languages is____________?
A. Philology
B. Haplology
C. Phonology
D. Semiology - What does Gertrude Stein’s term “the Lost Generation” designate ?
A. It refers to a group of talented American émigré writers who lived in Europe after World War I.
B. It refers to the young generation whose coming of age was interrupted by World War I.
C. It refers to English poets who sought refuge in New York City after World War I ended.
D. Both A and B - ____________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 present__tense form of the verb ‘read’ and its past__tense which is pronounced as ‘red’ is an example of _____________?
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms - The literary figure who had the most pronounced effect on Keats was_______________?
A. Dante
B. Shakespeare
C. Wordsworth
D. Shelley
