NAFI Week 9 Exam Questions with All Correct Answers

NAFI Week 9 Exam Questions with All Correct Answers What are two examples of morphological processes in English? - Answer-"The common pattern of ""walk + past tense"" producing ""walked"" and the special pattern of ""go + past tense"" producing ""went""." What are the inflectional prefixes used in Ganda? - Answer-"The inflectional prefix ""omu-"" is used with singular nouns, and the prefix ""aba-"" is used with plural nouns." How does Ilocano mark plurals? - Answer-Ilocano marks plurals through reduplication, with the first part of the singular form repeated in the plural form. What is the process involved in marking plurals in Ilocano called? - Answer-Reduplication. What topics have we moved from when exploring different morphological processes? - Answer-We have moved from the basic structure of words to a consideration of topics traditionally associated with grammar. How is future reference marked in Tagalog? - Answer-Future reference in Tagalog is marked by repeating the first syllable of the verb. Complete the examples in Tagalog: In the second column, with an infix, youll have ___ and ___. In the third column, with reduplication, youll have ___ and ___. - Answer-"In the second column, with an infix, youll have ""lumakad"" and ""lumapit"". In the third column, with reduplication, youll have ""lalakad"" and ""lalapit""." Give an example of a regular morphological feature in Kanuri. - Answer-"If the Kanuri word for ""length"" is ""nəmkurugu"", then the word for ""long"" is ""kurugu""." What is an allomorph? - Answer-An allomorph is a variation of a morpheme that functions as one of a closely related set. What are some examples of different forms and patterns used in other languages to realize morphological processes? - Answer-"Kanuri uses the prefix ""nəm-"" as a derivational morpheme to derive nouns from adjectives. Ganda uses the prefixes ""omu-"" and ""aba-"" as inflectional marking for singular and plural nouns. Ilocano uses reduplication to mark plurals. Tagalog uses infixes and reduplication." What is an inflectional morpheme? - Answer-A morpheme that indicates grammatical information, such as tense, number, or gender, without changing the words basic meaning or part of speech. What is a stem? - Answer-The basic word form to which affixes can be added, usually a free morpheme. What is the difference between allomorphs and allophones? - Answer-Allomorphs are variations of a morpheme used in different contexts, while allophones are variations of a phoneme used in different phonetic environments. What is a derivational morpheme? - Answer-A morpheme that changes the meaning or part of speech of a word, such as adding a prefix or suffix. Give an example of a bound stem. - Answer-Words like receive, reduce, and repeat where the bound morpheme re- is attached to a root that is not a free morpheme.