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The form ‘dog’ is a __________morphemE?
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A. A free morpheme
B. Free variation
C. Bound morpheme
D. None of these
The consonants /j/ and /w/ are called__________?
A. Semi__vowels
B. Laterals
C. Sibilants
D. Trills.
Words such as ‘edit’ and ‘house__keep’ are instances of ____________?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation
The classification of vowels into half__high vowels and half__low vowels is based on ________________?
A. The position of the lips
B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the abovE.
Morpheme alternants are called________?
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
D. None of the above
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
______________________is a processes of word formation wherein two or more existing words are simply combined ?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation.
The shortened forms like ‘photo’ for photograph is an instance of __________________?
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Metanalysis
The theory which Is based upon the assumption that language has been formed from the words uttered by groups of persons engaged in joint burdensome labour ?
A. The Yo__He__Ho Theory
B. The Gesture theory
C. The Poo__Pooh theory
D. Ding__Dong theory.
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