Name: __________

AAB UNIVERSITY
Lexicology with Etymology
SECOND ASSIGNMENT
Word Formation

Choose the best answer that would complete the statement among the four alternatives.

1. Conversion is a method ____ .

A. of turning words of one part of speech to those of a different part of speech
B. of converting words of one meaning into different meaning
C. of deriving words through grammatical means
D. of changing words in morphological structure
2. In most cases a noun can be converted to a verb ____ .
A. with some changes
B. without any change
C. with some changes in spelling
D. without any change in pronunciation
3. Words involved in conversion are mainly ____ .
A. nouns, verbs and adverbs
B. nouns, adjectives and verbs
C. nouns, prepositions and verbs
D. adjectives, adverbs and verbs
4. In a derivational process, an item is converted to a new word class without the addition of
an affix. The process is called ____ .
A. full conversion

B. partial conversion

C. function shift

D. zero-derivation

5. Nouns converted from adjectives have all the characteristics of nouns and achieve a full
noun status, thus known as ____ .
A. partial conversion
C. functional shift

B. full conversion
D. grammatical shift

6. Nouns partially converted from adjectives do not possess all the qualities a noun does.
They must be used together with ____ .
A. plural forms
C. adjectives

B. single forms
D. definite articles

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7. The conversion of two-syllable nouns into verbs involves a change of ____ .

A. spelling
C. stress

B. pronunciation
D. function

8. Back-formation is the method of creating new words by ____ the so called suffixes.
A. removing

B. combining

C. shortening

D. considering

9. Compounds are different from free phrases in all the following way except ____ .
A. semantics
C. phonetics

B. grammar
D. lexicology

10. Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?

A. Dorm
C. Gent

B. Motel
D. Zoo
10 points

Define the following terms.

1. acronymy:

4 points

Question and answer.

1 What is affixation?

4 points

2 What is the difference between Prefixation and suffixation?

4 points
3 Analyze the formation of the following blends.
1) motel:
2) skylab:
3) chunnel:
4) humint:
5) advertistics:
6) medicaid:
7) workfare:
8) psywar:
9) Nixonomics:
10) comsat:
10 points
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Match the words in column A with the words in column B.

1) someone who writes songs

a. sunbathe

2) someone who cleans windows

b. gold mine

3) the race for arms

c. dirt-cheap

4) the train in the morning

d. suntanned

5) a mine for gold

e. window-cleaner

6) bathe in the sun

f. arms race

7) as cheap as dirt

g. morning train

8) tanned by the sun

h. song writer
10 points

Read the following sentences and restore the full forms of the italicized words.

1.

Did you see The Doctor Dilemmas on telly last night? (

2.

Palestinian demos mark massacres.

3.

The America was the first to nuke Two Japanese cities. (

4.

Viet troops suffer setback in Kampuchea.

5.

The police asks for info on stolen computers.

6.

Rural credit co-ops to get more autonomy.

7.

Today, China acts to meet high-tech challenge.

8.

Setback for governing parities Euro vote.

)
8 points

Explain the following words.

1.

SALT:

2.

laser:

3.

AIDS:

4.

V-Day:

5.

D-Day:

6.

G-man:

7.

ID:

8.

EEC:

9.

OPEC:

10. CIA
10 points
TOTAL 60 points
_________ /60/

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