Morphology and Word Formation

The ability of an affix to create new complex words is known as its productivity.

The suffix -th, as in width, is known to be highly productive in word formation.

All affixes have the same level of productivity when forming new words.

The suffix -ness contributes to the creation of more new words than the suffix -ish.

Redundancy rules dictate the generation of new words in a language.

Word-formation rules can only describe existing complex words without forecasting new ones.

Some affixes are altogether unproductive, not being used at all in forming new words.

An important question in morphology is why some affixes increase word productivity while others do not.

The word affordable is stored entirely without deconstruction in optimal processing models.

Resting activation refers to the phenomenon where words stored in the lexicon may never fully decline to zero between retrievals.

Decomposition route and the whole word route are completely independent processes in language processing.

The British National Corpus is an example of a large electronic text collection used for studying vocabulary.

Higher frequency words tend to have lower resting activation levels compared to less frequently used words.

Accessing a low-frequency complex word in the mental lexicon is generally slower due to its diminished resting activation.

The suffix -ity can be appended to all bases that end in -ous without exception.

All derived terms from transitive verbs can be formed with the suffix -ee.

When speakers search for a word, they only activate the target word without affecting related terms.

The terms affordable, readable, and manageable are considered both possible and actual words.

Storage methods in language processing should prioritize efficiency in both storage and processing costs.

The term 'whole word route' refers to accessing the word by breaking it down into its morphemes.

A conceivable word is one that is currently used in everyday speech.

The term 'cannibalizable' is considered an actual word in the English language.

The British National Corpus contains both kinds and tokens representing distinct aspects of word frequency.

Whole word storage methods result in higher processing costs compared to decomposed storage methods.

Word-formation rules can sometimes restrict the creation of forms that have been observed in literature.

In processing a newly coined term, decomposition is the only option if there is no whole word representation available.

Predictability of meaning is a characteristic of all potential words.

The speaker’s ability to produce new words is a crucial aspect of understanding word productivity.

The activation of a word decreases significantly after its first use, regardless of its frequency.

The concept of a person's mental lexicon is uniform across all speakers.

Every conceivable word is also an actual word in the language.

The suffix -able can only be applied to a select group of verbs.

It is widely accepted that knowing a word implies familiarity with it.

The suffix -ity cannot be attached to any base that does not meet its morphological requirements.

The word 'employee' is derived from a transitive verb.

The definite article 'the' appears more frequently than the verb BE in English language usage.

Complex words that are infrequently used tend to remain intact in the lexicon.

Productive processes in word formation are associated with many low-frequency words.

The suffix -ification is synonymous with the suffix -ion in all contexts.

The nominal suffix -ment can be applied to both verbs and prepositions.

The selection of nominalizing suffixes is completely arbitrary and does not follow any restrictions.

There are two main classes of words that can take the suffix -ify.

The formation of nouns from verbs like magnify, verbalize, and concentrate is known as nominalization.

The suffix -ize is appropriate for use with any base word without restrictions.

Phonological restrictions on suffixation can influence the possibility of creating new complex words in English.

The term 'affordable' can be defined as 'can be afforded'.

Passive vocabulary consists of words that speakers actively use in conversation.

Possible words can be formed according to the norms of English word formation.

The difference between actual and possible words is that only possible words can be idiosyncratic.

Native speakers tend to utilize a broader vocabulary compared to non-native speakers.

Complex words that do not follow word-formation rules must be stored in the mental lexicon.

The statement 'knowledgeable' follows the word-formation rule for -able words.

Psycholinguistic data supports the idea that the brain strictly avoids redundancy in lexical storage.

The brain processes words at a rate of approximately five words per second in regular conversation.

Emerging theories of the mental lexicon suggest it should exclude all regular complex words.

Regular past tense forms of verbs are generally included in dictionaries.

The term 'readable' implies that a text can be returned.

The need for processed information can conflict with the need for minimal storage space.

Mental lexicons are organized strictly according to the principles of dictionary creators.

Only morphologically complex words are found in the category of actual words.

An unambiguously documented word must be known by at least some speakers for it to be considered an actual word.