A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation
Related Mcqs:
- Words such as ‘black__leg’ and ‘flash__light’ are instances of ____________?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation - 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 ‘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. - Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes?
A. “Acts and Monuments”
B. “Utopia”
C. “Euphues”
D. “Paradise Regained” - The words denoting the colour ‘red’ and the past__tense of the verb ‘read’ ; ‘right’ and’ ‘write’; and ‘site’ and sight’ are examples for________________?
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
