is an affix that is attached before the
root.
A prefix
When a root is combined with an affix, it forms:
A complex word
NATO illustrates:
An acronym
In Tagalog, "bili’ means 'buy' while 'binili'
means 'bought'. Identify the morpheme
marking the past in this language.
- in –
A compound is a word that contains _______.
Two root morphemes and one word
Which of the following statements is correct:
The semantic head of a clause is V
In SVO languages:
complements follow their heads
In what way are SOV languages different from
SVO languages:
In SOV languages, complements precede their
heads
In a tree diagram, the constituents of a sentence
or a phrase are represented:
hierarchically
The study of the internal structure of words is
called:
Morphology
A morpheme is the smallest unit of:
Morphology
Generative grammar claims that a child is born
with an innate predisposition to acquire any
language on the basis of a set of universal
principles called:
Universal Grammar
refers to the speakers’ actual use of
language in concrete situations.
Performance
is the speaker’s implicit knowledge of
the rules of his language.
Competence
Which of the following is illustrated by the word
'brunch':
Blend
What determines the grammatical category of a
compound is:
The rightmost word
is an affix that is attached before the
root.
A prefix
Verb inflection in English is generally
A suffixing process
Yes/No Question in English are derived by means of :
- I - to C