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Morphological Typology and Cross-Linguistic Variation

Description: This quiz evaluates your understanding of Morphological Typology and Cross-Linguistic Variation. It covers concepts like inflectional and derivational morphology, bound and free morphemes, and various morphological typologies.
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Which of the following is an example of inflectional morphology?

  1. Adding '-ed' to a verb to indicate past tense

  2. Adding '-ly' to an adjective to form an adverb

  3. Adding 'un-' to a verb to indicate negation

  4. Adding '-ment' to a verb to form a noun

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Inflectional morphology involves modifying a word to indicate grammatical information such as tense, number, or case. In this case, adding '-ed' to a verb changes its tense from present to past.

What is the term for a morpheme that cannot stand alone as a word?

  1. Free morpheme

  2. Bound morpheme

  3. Root morpheme

  4. Affix morpheme

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A bound morpheme is a morpheme that cannot stand alone as a word and must be attached to another morpheme. For example, the '-ed' in 'walked' is a bound morpheme.

Which of the following is an example of derivational morphology?

  1. Adding '-ed' to a verb to indicate past tense

  2. Adding '-ly' to an adjective to form an adverb

  3. Adding 'un-' to a verb to indicate negation

  4. Adding '-ment' to a verb to form a noun

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Derivational morphology involves adding a morpheme to a word to change its meaning or part of speech. In this case, adding 'un-' to a verb changes its meaning to the opposite.

What is the term for a language that has a relatively small number of morphemes and relies heavily on word order to convey grammatical information?

  1. Analytic language

  2. Synthetic language

  3. Polysynthetic language

  4. Agglutinative language

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An analytic language is one that has a relatively small number of morphemes and relies heavily on word order to convey grammatical information. English is an example of an analytic language.

Which of the following is an example of a polysynthetic language?

  1. English

  2. Spanish

  3. Inuktitut

  4. Mandarin

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A polysynthetic language is one that has a large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word. Inuktitut is an example of a polysynthetic language.

What is the term for a language that has a relatively large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word?

  1. Analytic language

  2. Synthetic language

  3. Polysynthetic language

  4. Agglutinative language

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A polysynthetic language is one that has a large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word. Inuktitut is an example of a polysynthetic language.

Which of the following is an example of an agglutinative language?

  1. English

  2. Spanish

  3. Turkish

  4. Mandarin

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An agglutinative language is one that has a relatively large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word, but each morpheme retains its own meaning. Turkish is an example of an agglutinative language.

What is the term for a language that has a relatively small number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word, but each morpheme retains its own meaning?

  1. Analytic language

  2. Synthetic language

  3. Polysynthetic language

  4. Agglutinative language

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

An agglutinative language is one that has a relatively small number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word, but each morpheme retains its own meaning. Turkish is an example of an agglutinative language.

Which of the following is an example of a synthetic language?

  1. English

  2. Spanish

  3. German

  4. Mandarin

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A synthetic language is one that has a relatively large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word. German is an example of a synthetic language.

What is the term for a language that has a relatively large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word?

  1. Analytic language

  2. Synthetic language

  3. Polysynthetic language

  4. Agglutinative language

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A synthetic language is one that has a relatively large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word. German is an example of a synthetic language.

Which of the following is an example of a language that has a relatively small number of morphemes and relies heavily on tone to convey grammatical information?

  1. English

  2. Spanish

  3. Mandarin

  4. German

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mandarin is a language that has a relatively small number of morphemes and relies heavily on tone to convey grammatical information.

What is the term for a language that has a relatively small number of morphemes and relies heavily on tone to convey grammatical information?

  1. Tonal language

  2. Non-tonal language

  3. Intonational language

  4. Suprasegmental language

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A tonal language is one that has a relatively small number of morphemes and relies heavily on tone to convey grammatical information. Mandarin is an example of a tonal language.

Which of the following is an example of a language that has a relatively large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word, but each morpheme retains its own meaning?

  1. English

  2. Spanish

  3. Turkish

  4. Mandarin

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Turkish is a language that has a relatively large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word, but each morpheme retains its own meaning.

What is the term for a language that has a relatively small number of morphemes and relies heavily on word order to convey grammatical information?

  1. Analytic language

  2. Synthetic language

  3. Polysynthetic language

  4. Agglutinative language

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An analytic language is one that has a relatively small number of morphemes and relies heavily on word order to convey grammatical information. English is an example of an analytic language.

Which of the following is an example of a language that has a relatively large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word?

  1. English

  2. Spanish

  3. German

  4. Mandarin

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

German is a language that has a relatively large number of morphemes and allows for the combination of multiple morphemes into a single word.

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