A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation
Related Mcqs:
- Words such as ‘phone’ and ‘photo’ are instances of ____________?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Clipping. - Words such as ‘smog’ and ‘motel’ are instances of ____________?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation - Words such as ‘edit’ and ‘house__keep’ are instances of ____________?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation - Words such as ‘UNESCO’ and ‘RADAR’ are instances of ____________?
A. Compounding
B. Acronym
C. Re__duplicates
D. Conversion - 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 consonants /s/, /z/ and /iz/ in the words ‘cats’, ‘dogs’ and ‘boxes’ are instances of ______________?
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
D. None of the above - ____________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 - ______________________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. - Human language is structured at the levels of phonemes and morphemes and at the level of words. This property of language is called_______________?
A. Duality of structure
B. Recursiveness
C. Displacement
D. TransferencE. - 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
