MCQs Of Linguistics

Q Bound morphemes that change the meaning or syntactic function of the words to which they attach
a) Prefix
b) Suffix
c) Affix
d) None of these

Q Morphemes that provide information about the grammatical relationships of words
a) Content morphemes
b) Function morphemes
c) Both
d) None of these

Q Nondistinctive realizations of a particular morpheme that have the same function and are phonetically similar
a) Phoneme
b) Allophone
c) Allomorph
d) alternate morpheme

Q If you divide Computers into its component morphemes, the root would be
a) computer
b) s-
c) computers
d) compute

Q If you divide component into its component morphemes, the root would be
a) compone
b) comp-
c) -nent
d) component

Q If you divide isolated into its component morphemes, the root would be
a) isolation
b) isolate
c) isolated
d) isola-

Q Which morpheme in the experiment’s has an inflectional function
a) -‘s
b) -ment
c) -ex
d) -peri

Q Which morpheme in is dehumidifying has an inflectional function
a) -de
b) -ify
c) -id
d) –ing

Q Which morpheme in has rationalized has an inflectional function
a) Ration
b) -al
c) -ize
d) -ed

Q Which morpheme in is swimming has an inflectional function
a) Swim
b) -ming
c) -ing
d) None of these