Words such as ‘black__leg’ and ‘flash__light’ are instances of ____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Words such as ‘phone’ and ‘photo’ are instances of ____________?

   A. Compounding
   B. Portmanteau
   C. Derivation
   D. Clipping.

2. Words such as ‘smog’ and ‘motel’ are instances of ____________?

   A. Compounding
   B. Portmanteau
   C. Derivation
   D. Backformation

3. Words such as ‘edit’ and ‘house__keep’ are instances of ____________?

   A. Compounding
   B. Portmanteau
   C. Derivation
   D. Backformation

4. Words such as ‘UNESCO’ and ‘RADAR’ are instances of ____________?

   A. Compounding
   B. Acronym
   C. Re__duplicates
   D. Conversion

5. 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

6. 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

7. ____________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

8. ______________________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.

9. 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.

10. 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