EMP511S - ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2024


EMP511S - ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2024



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nAmlBIA unlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BENL
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: EMP511S
COURSE NAME: ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY
SESSION: JUNE 2024
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) MS. ANNELI NGHIKEMBUA
MODERATOR: DR. ALETTA HAUTEMO
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Make sure your name, surname, question number, and date appear
on the answer script.
4. Please ensure that your writing is legible, neat and presentable.
THIS EXAMINATION PAPER CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES
(Including this front page)

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Answer ALLQUESTIONS
Question 1
Distinguish between the following terms:
a) Suppletive allomorphs and Zero Allomorphs
b) Lexical morpheme and functional morpheme
c) Derivational morpheme and Inflectional morpheme
[6]
[6]
[6]
Total Marks [18]
Question 2
Name the word-formation process exemplified by each of the following balded derivations.
a) University of Namibia: NUST
[1]
b) Refrigeration: Fridge
[1]
c) Education +entertainment: Edutainment
[1]
d) Wood+ land: Woodland
[1]
e) Dictation: Dictate
[1]
f) Sandwich (named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich)
[1]
g) A process: To butter
[1]
Total Marks [7]
Question 3
Complete the following table. Re-draw the table in your examination booklet.
Word
Girls
Player
Competition
Practical
Wealthy
Interesting
Shipping
quickness
Protection
Free morpheme [5 marks]
Bound morpheme [5 marks]
Total marks [10]

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Question 4
For each word below, draw a morphological tree diagram.
a) Activity
b) anticlimaxes
Question 5
What are the allomorphs in the words below?
3
[S]
[S]
Total marks [10]
a) Cartoons
b) Judges
c) Passed
d) Tried
e) Tools
Question 6
Identify the functional morphemes in the following sentence.
[1]
[1]
[1]
[1]
[1]
Total marks [5]
a) As soon as she arrived, the young girl had a ball and a handbag overloaded.
Question 7
Total marks [9]
7.1) Briefly discuss the development of Australian English.
Content 34, Structure 7
Total marks [41]
Total marks 100
End of Question Paper

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nAm I BI A un IVERSITY
OF SCIEnc E Ano TECHn OLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCEAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTOF COMMUNICATIONAND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BENL
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: EMP511S
COURSE NAME: ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY
SESSION: JUNE 2024
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S} MS. ANNELI NGHIKEMBUA
MODERATOR: DR. ALETTA HAUTEMO
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Make sure your name, surname, question number, and date appear
on the answer script.
4. Please ensure that your writing is legible, neat and presentable.
THIS EXAMINATION PAPER CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES
{Including this front page)

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Answer ALL QUESTIONS
Question 1
Distinguish between the following terms:
a) Suppletive allomorphs and Zero Allomorphs
b) Lexical morpheme and functional morpheme
c) Derivational morpheme and Inflectional morpheme
[6]
[6]
[6]
Total Marks [18]
Question 2
Name the word-formation process exemplified by each of the following balded derivations.
a) University of Namibia: NUST
[1]
b) Refrigeration: Fridge
[1]
c) Education +entertainment: Edutainment
[1]
d) Wood+ land: Woodland
[1]
e) Dictation: Dictate
[1]
f) Sandwich (named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich)
[1]
g) A process: To butter
[1]
Total Marks [7]
Question 3
Complete the following table. Re-draw the table in your examination booklet.
Word
Girls
Player
Competition
Practical
Wealthy
Interesting
Shipping
quickness
Protection
Free morpheme [5 marks]
Bound morpheme [5 marks]
Total marks [10]

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Question 4
For each word below, draw a morphological tree diagram.
a) Activity
b) anticlimaxes
Question 5
What are the allomorphs in the words below?
a) Cartoons
b) Judges
c) Passed
d) Tried
e) Tools
Question 6
Identify the functional morphemes in the following sentence.
3
[5]
[S]
Total marks [10]
[1]
[1]
[1]
[1]
[1]
Total marks [S]
a) As soon as she arrived, the young girl had a ball and a handbag overloaded.
Question 7
Total marks [9]
7.1) Briefly discuss the development of Australian English.
,.
Content 34, Structure 7
Total marks [41]
Total marks 100
End of Question Paper