SLO1 WGU COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● backformation. Answer: A new word formed because of incorrect morphological analysis
hawk - hawker enthuse - enthusiasm
● suppletive. Answer: Irregular form children
● bound morpheme. Answer: always a part of a word -ish -ness -ly
● derivational morphems. Answer: bound morphemes that form a new word with a new
meaning added to a base -ify purify -cation
● inflectional morphemes. Answer: bound morphemes that mark tense -s -ed
● morpheme. Answer: most elemental grammatical form
● linguistic sign. Answer: form + meaning
● blends. Answer: two or more words are merged and overlap motor + hotel motel
● coinage. Answer: creation of new words
● morphology. Answer: study of internal structure of words and the rules by which they are
formed
● grammatical relations. Answer: subject direct object Who is doing what to whom
● syntax. Answer: part of grammar that represents sentences and their structures
● structural ambiguity. Answer: multiple meaning due to grouping of words "For sale an
antique desk suitable for a lady with thick legs and large drawers"
● lexical ambiguity. Answer: two meanings because of words This will make you smart.
● syntactic categories. Answer: Phrasal - NP, VP Lexical- Noun & Verb Functional - Det, Aux
&C
● s-node. Answer: all words
● NP. Answer: Noun phrase 'the child'
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● backformation. Answer: A new word formed because of incorrect morphological analysis
hawk - hawker enthuse - enthusiasm
● suppletive. Answer: Irregular form children
● bound morpheme. Answer: always a part of a word -ish -ness -ly
● derivational morphems. Answer: bound morphemes that form a new word with a new
meaning added to a base -ify purify -cation
● inflectional morphemes. Answer: bound morphemes that mark tense -s -ed
● morpheme. Answer: most elemental grammatical form
● linguistic sign. Answer: form + meaning
● blends. Answer: two or more words are merged and overlap motor + hotel motel
● coinage. Answer: creation of new words
● morphology. Answer: study of internal structure of words and the rules by which they are
formed
● grammatical relations. Answer: subject direct object Who is doing what to whom
● syntax. Answer: part of grammar that represents sentences and their structures
● structural ambiguity. Answer: multiple meaning due to grouping of words "For sale an
antique desk suitable for a lady with thick legs and large drawers"
● lexical ambiguity. Answer: two meanings because of words This will make you smart.
● syntactic categories. Answer: Phrasal - NP, VP Lexical- Noun & Verb Functional - Det, Aux
&C
● s-node. Answer: all words
● NP. Answer: Noun phrase 'the child'
