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EMP511S - ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY - 2ND OPP - JULY 2025 |
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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: JULY 2025
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
SECOND OPPORTUNITY/SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) DR. ANNELI NGHIKEMBUA
MODERATOR: DR. ALETTA HAUTEMO
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly
THIS EXAMINATION PAPER CONSISTS OF 4 PAGES
(Including this front page)
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Answer ALL QUESTIONS
Question 1
Distinguish between the following terms:
a) Functional morpheme and derivational morpheme
b) Morpheme and Word
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]
Question 3
Total Marks (7]
Complete the following table. Redraw the table in your examination booklet.
Word
Toys
Painter
Completion
Creative
Healthy
Regarding
Saying
Goodness
Free morpheme [S marks]
Bound morpheme [S marks]
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I Suffocation
Greatness
Question 4
Identify morphemes in the words below.
a) unreasonable
b) anticlockwise
c) activity
d) confrontations
Question 5
What are the allomorphs in the words below?
Total marks [10]
[2.5]
[2.5]
[2.5]
[2.5]
Total marks [14]
a) Guns
b) Judges
c) Jumped
d) Tied
e) News
[1]
[1]
[1]
[1]
[1]
Total marks [S]
Question 6
Identify the functional morphemes in the following sentence.
a) When Maria arrived, the old woman had a bag and a huge plastic bag filled with books.
Total marks [6]
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Question 7
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 some of the
contributing factors are that led to the change.
Title 2, intro 3, content 30, conclusion 3, format 2
Total marks [40]
Total marks 100
End of Question Paper