morphology练习部分答案

1、Chapter 3 Lexic onI.Choose the best an swer. (20%)1.Nouns, verbs and adjectives can beclassified aswordsA. lexicalB. grammaticalwordsC. fun cti onwordsD. form words2. Morphemes that represe nt ten se, nu mber,gen der and case are calledmorpheme.A.in flecti onalB.freeC.bou ndD. derivatio nal3. There

2、aremorphemes in the wordden ati on alizati on.A.threeB.four4.In En glish ise and tio n are calledin fixesD. stems5. The three subtypes of affixes are: prefix,suffix and.A. derivati onal affixB.in flecti onal affixC.infixD. back-formatio n6. is a way in which new words maybe formed from already exist

3、i ng words by subtract ing an affixwhich is thought to be part of the old word.A.affixati onB.back-formatio nC.A.acr onymyB.clippi ngC.in itialismDble nding8.The words like comsat and sitcom are formedby.A.ble ndingB.clippi ngC.back-formatio nD. acronymy9.The stem of disagreeme nts is.A.agreeme ntB.

4、agreeC.disagreeD.disagreeme ntlexemeB.phon emeC.II. Decide whether the followi ng stateme ntsare true or false. (10%)11.Phon etically, the stress of a compo undalways falls on the first element, while the second element receives sec on dary stress.12. Fore as in foretell is both a prefix and a bound

5、 morpheme.13. Base refers to the part of the word that remai ns whe n all in flecti onal affixes are removed.14.In most cases, prefixes change the meaning of the base whereas suffixes change the word-class of the base.15. Conversion from noun to verb is the most productive process of a word.16. Redu

6、plicative compo und is formed by repeat ing the same morpheme of a word.17. The words whimper, whisper and whistle are formed in the way of ono matopoeia.18. In most cases, the nu mber of syllables of a word corresp onds to the nu mber of morphemes.19. Back-formatio n is a productive way of word-for

7、matio ns.20. In flecti on is a particular way of word-formatio ns.III.Fill in the blanks. (20%)21. Anis pronoun ced letter byletter, while anis pronoun ced as a word.22. Lexicon, in most cases, is synonymous withthree ways:,and.24. All words may be said to contain a root25. A small set of conjun cti

8、 ons, prepositi onsand pronouns belong to class, while the largest partof nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs bel ongs toclass.26. is a reverse process ofderivation, and therefore is a process of shortening.27. is extremely productive,because English had lost most of its inflectional endings bythe

9、end of Middle English period, which facilitated the use of words in tercha ngeably as verbs or nouns, verbs or adjectives, and vice versa.28. Wordsare divided into simple, compoundandderived words on thelevel.29. A word formed by derivatio n is called a , and a word formed by compo unding is called

10、a30. Bound morphemes are classified in to twotypes:and.IV.Explain the following terms, usingexamples. (20%)31.Ble nding32.Allomorph33.Closed-class word34.Morphological ruleV.An swer the followi ng questi ons. (20%)35.Howmanytypes of morphemesare there in theEnglish Ianguage? What are they?(大学，2003)3

11、6.What are the main features of the En glish compo un ds?VI.Analyze the following situation. (20%)37.Match the terms un der COLUMN I with theunderlined forms from COLUMN II (大学，2004)I(1)acronyma.foefreemorphemeb.morphemeNESCOderivatio nalc.Uin flecti onalmorphemed.osubc on sciousverwhelmed(5)prefixe

12、.I.151115FTFTTcalculati onAACBB610 BCADB1620 FTFFFIII.21. i nitialism,acr onym22.vocabulary23. solid, hyphe nated,ope n24. morpheme25. close,ope n26. back-formati on27.conv ersi on28. morpheme29. derivative, compo und30.affix, bound rootIV.31. Blending: It is a process of word-formationin which a ne

13、w word is formed by comb ining the meanings andsounds of two words, one of which is not in its full form orboth of which are notin their full forms, like newscast (news+ broadcast), brunch (breakfast + lun ch)32. Allomorph: It is any of the varia nt formsof a morpheme as con diti oned by positi on or adjoining soun ds.33.Close-class word: It is a word whosemembership is fixed or limited. Pronouns, prepositions,conj un cti ons, articles, etc. are all c