Compound Words Quiz

Words built from more than one root or derived words.

They involve roots with roots, not roots with affixes.

Germanic.

<p>Two.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Undertaker, mother-of-pearl.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Yes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>N+N teapot, adj+N fast food, v+N breakfast, n+v sunshine, n+adj waterproof, adj+adj bittersweet, prep+v overlook.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Endocentric compounds suggest their meaning through the combination of words, while exocentric compounds create their meaning through exterior cultural associations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>White-collar.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Compounds are words built from more than one root.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>English is a language that builds compounds very freely.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A compound contains at least two root morphemes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>English allows several types of combinations of different word classes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The combined meaning of a compound can be endocentric or exocentric.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In an exocentric compound, the meaning is created through an exterior element.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Different word classes can be combined in a compound, like in fast food.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Compounding does not involve combinations of roots and affixes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A compound can be built from derived words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A compound can include prepositions, as in mother-of-pearl.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Compounding involves roots with roots, while derivation involves roots with affixes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inflection</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Endocentric compounds derive their meaning from within, while exocentric compounds derive their meaning from cultural associations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Milkman</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Undertaker</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The meaning of an exocentric compound is created through an exterior element, normally through cultural associations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Overlook</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two adjectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mother-of-pearl</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The meaning of an endocentric compound comes from within the words themselves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Compounding involves combining roots with roots, while derivation involves combining roots with affixes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Milk bottle</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The meaning does not come from within but is created through an exterior element.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Milk bottle</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Overlook</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adjective + Noun</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fast</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Milk bottle</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Waterproof</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The meaning is suggested by the combination of the words.</p> Signup and view all the answers