EMP511S - ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY - 2ND OPP - JULY 2022


EMP511S - ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY - 2ND OPP - JULY 2022



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OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHn OLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCEAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTOF COMMUNICATION
QUALIFICATION:BACHELOROF ENGLISHAND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATIONCODE:07BENL
LEVEL:7
COURSECODE:EMPSllS
COURSENAME: ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY
SESSION:JULY 2022
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER:THEORY
MARKS: 100
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER{S) MS. ANNELI NGHIKEMBUA
MODERATOR: DR. NIKLAAS FREDERICKS
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly
THIS EXAMINATION PAPERCONSISTSOF 3 PAGES
(Including this front page)

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Answer ALLQUESTIONS
Question 1
Distinguish between the following terms:
a) Morphology and morpheme
b) Free morpheme and bound morpheme
c) Agglutinating languages and isolating languages
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[6]
[6]
[6]
Total Marks [18]
Question 2
Name the word-formation process exemplified by each of the following balded derivations.
a) Graphical User Interface: GUI
[1]
b) Professor: prof
[1]
c) Information+ commercial: infomercial
[1]
d) Wind + shield: windshield
[1]
e) Orientation: orientate
[1]
f) Sandwich (named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich)
[1]
g) A process: to process
[1]
Total Marks [7]
Question 3
Complete the following table. Re-draw the table in your examination booklet.
Word
Keys
Waiter
Completion
Poetic
Healthy
Considering
Agreeing
redness
rotation
Free morpheme [S marks]
Bound morpheme [S marks]
Total marks [10]

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Question 4
For each word below, draw a morphological tree diagram.
a) unemployment
b) anticlimaxes
c) activity
d) confrontational
[2.5]
[2.5]
[2.5]
[2.5]
Total marks [14]
Question 5
What are the allomorphs in the words below?
a) Balloons
b) Churches
c) Jumped
d) Tied
e) News
[1]
[1]
[1]
[1]
[1]
Total marks [5]
Question 6
Identify the functional morphemes in the following sentence?
a) When he arrived, the old man had an umbrella and a large plastic bag full of books.
Question 7
Total marks [6]
7.1) In not more than two pages, briefly discuss the history of the American English language. In your
discussion, you should include how the language has evolved and what are some of the contributing
factors that led to the change.
Title 2, intro 3, content 30, cone/ 3, format 2
Total marks [40]
Total marks 100
End of Question Paper

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